Ascidiacea
Abbott, D.P.; Lambert, Ch.C.; Lambert, G.; Newberry, A.T. (2007). Ascidiacea, in: Carlton, J.T. (Ed.) The Light and Smith Manual. Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon, Completely Revised and Expanded. pp. 949-964 In: Carlton, J.T. (Ed.) (2007). The Light and Smith Manual. Intertidal invertebrates from central California to Oregon: Completely revised and expanded. Fourth Edition. University of California Press: Berkeley. ISBN 9780520239395. 1019 pp., more |
Keywords | Ascidia paratropa (Huntsman, 1912) [WoRMS]; Ascidia zara Oka, 1935 [WoRMS]; Ascidiacea [WoRMS]; Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767) [WoRMS]; Molgula manhattensis (De Kay, 1843) [WoRMS] Marine/Coastal |
Authors | | Top | - Abbott, D.P.
- Lambert, Ch.C.
- Lambert, G.
- Newberry, A.T.
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Abstract | Ascidians are sessile as adults and usually found on the sides and undersurfaces of rocks low in the intertidal zone, where they occur with hydroids, sponges, and bryozoans. In addition, they often dominate artificial surfaces such as floating docks and boat hulls in harbors and bays. |
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