Morchellium argus (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
(a colonial sea-squirt)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMorchellium argus (a colonial sea-squirt)
FamilyPOLYCLINIDAE (a family of sea squirts)
OrderAPLOUSOBRANCHIA (a suborder of sea squirts)
ClassASCIDIACEA (ascidians, sea-squirts)
SubphylumTUNICATA (ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Morchellium argus (a colonial sea-squirt) :
1: Morchellium argus (a colonial sea-squirt) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
8 Apr 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on base of bridge pillars, exposed at low spring tide
Image 1: Colony - exposed at low spring tide - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Colony - exposed at low spring tide - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Colony - exposed at low spring tide - enlarged
2: Morchellium argus (a colonial sea-squirt)
8 Apr 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on jetty pontoons
Image 1: Colony fragment - side view - white backgroundImage 2: Colony - in situ - under water - close-upImage 3: Colony fragment - top view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Colony fragment - top view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 5: Colony fragment - top view - enlarged - white background (3)Image 6: Colony - longitudinal section - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Colony - longitudinal section - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 8: Zooid from longitudinal section - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 9: Zooid from longitudinal section - magnified - black backgroundImage 10: Zooid from longitudinal section - magnified - black background (2)Image 11: Zooids from longitudinal section - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 12: Zooids from longitudinal section - highly enlarged - white background
3: Morchellium argus (a colonial sea-squirt)
27 Sep 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on base of weed attached to Crepidula
Image 1: Colonies - oblique view - enlargedImage 2: Colonies - oblique view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Colonies - oblique view - enlarged (3)Image 4: Colonies - top view - enlargedImage 5: Colonies - top view - enlarged (2)Image 6: Colony apex - lateral view - magnified - black backgroundImage 7: Colony - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Colony - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 9: Colony - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 10: Colony - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Colony - oblique view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 12: Zooid - magnifiedImage 13: Zooid - magnified (2)

Morchellium argus (a colonial sea-squirt) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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