Phallusia nigra

Author
Savigny, 1816

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
12 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Florida to Caribbean Sea, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa
Habitat-Biology
  • hard substrate
  • platform
  • artificial structure
Microhabitat
  • epiphyte fauna
  • cryptic fauna
References

  • Plough, H. H. 1978. Sea Squirts of the Atlantic Continental Shelf from Maine to Texas. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 118 pp.

  • Van Name, W. G. 1945. The North and South American ascidians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 84: 1–476.

  • Van Name, W. G. 1954. The tunicata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 495–497 in P. S. Galtsoff, ed. Gulf of Mexico, Its Origin, Waters, and Marine Life. Fishery Bulletin 89. Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Volume 55, Washington, D.C.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-26-2024.

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