Styela clava

Styela clava
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Styelidae
Genus: Styela
Species:
S. clava
Binomial name
Styela clava
Herdman, 1881

Styela clava is a solitary, subtidal ascidian tunicate.[1] It has a variety of common names such as the stalked sea squirt, clubbed tunicate, Asian tunicate, leathery sea squirt, or rough sea squirt. As its common names suggest, S. clava is club-shaped with an elongated oval body and a long peduncle for attaching to a substrate.[1] Although native to the northwestern waters of the Pacific Ocean, since the 1900s, S. clava has become an increasingly successful invasive species outside of its native range.[2][3] It is edible.

  1. ^ a b Lützen, J. (1998-09-01). "Styela clava Herdman (Urochordata, Ascidiacea), a successful immigrant to North West Europe: ecology, propagation and chronology of spread". Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen. 52 (3): 383–391. doi:10.1007/BF02908912. ISSN 1438-3888.
  2. ^ Bourque, Daniel; Davidson, Jeffrey; MacNair, Neil G.; Arsenault, Garth; LeBlanc, Angeline R.; Landry, Thomas; Miron, Gilles (2007-03-26). "Reproduction and early life history of an invasive ascidian Styela clava Herdman in Prince Edward Island, Canada". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. Proceedings of the 1st International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference. 342 (1): 78–84. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.017. ISSN 0022-0981.
  3. ^ Davis, M. H.; Davis, M. E. (2010). "The impact of the ascidian Styela clava Herdman on shellfish farming in the Bassin de Thau, France". Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 26 (s2): 12–18. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01496.x. ISSN 1439-0426.

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