MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912

ERMS taxon details

Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912

AphiaID

103938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103938)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Styela Fleming, 1822

Original name

Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912

Synonymised names

Styela atlantica (Van Name, 1912) · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Hartmeyer, R. (1906). Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der japanischen Ascidienfauna. Zool. Anz. 31: 1-30. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=103938 on 2026-09-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103938 on 2026-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2007-12-05 12:32:01Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

2010-06-24 16:57:39Z

changed

Gittenberger, Arjan

Licensing

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original description Hartmeyer, R. (1906). Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der japanischen Ascidienfauna. Zool. Anz. 31: 1-30. [details]

original description (of Styela atlantica (Van Name, 1912)) Van Name, W. G. (1912). Simple ascidians of the coasts of New England and neighboring British provinces. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 34: 439-619. [details]

basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Sanamyan, K. (2000). Ascidians from the North-Western Pacific region 7. Styelidae. Ophelia. 53(1): 67-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.2000.10409436 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Styela atlantica (Van Name, 1912))
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Styela atlantica (Van Name, 1912))
To PESI (from synonym Styela atlantica (Van Name, 1912))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Styela atlantica (Van Name, 1912))