RAS taxon details
Styela clavata (Pallas, 1774)
251390 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:251390)
accepted
Species
Minostyela clavata Kott, 1969 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Pallas, P. S. (1774). Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. <em>[Book series, 14 volumes].</em> Fasciculus Decimus. Zoophyta quaedam minuta. Pp. 1-41, 4 plates. A. Lange, Berlin., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823183 [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Styela clavata (Pallas, 1774). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=251390 on 2026-09-24
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Styela clavata (Pallas, 1774). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=251390 on 2026-09-24
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(of Minostyela clavata Kott, 1969) Kott, P. (1969). Antarctic ascidiacea. A monographic account of the known species based on specimens collected under U.S. Government auspices 1947 to 1963. <em>Antarct. Res. Ser.</em> 13 : 1-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19690540509 [details] Available for editors 
original description (of ) Pallas, P. S. (1774). Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. <em>[Book series, 14 volumes].</em> Fasciculus Decimus. Zoophyta quaedam minuta. Pp. 1-41, 4 plates. A. Lange, Berlin., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823183 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Sanamyan, K. (2000). Ascidians from the North-Western Pacific region 7. Styelidae. <em>Ophelia.</em> 53(1): 67-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.2000.10409436 [details] Available for editors
additional source Sanamyan, K.; Sanamyan, N. (2017). Shallow-water Ascidians from Matua Island (central Kuril Islands, NW Pacific). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4232(3): 301-321., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
original description (of ) Pallas, P. S. (1774). Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. <em>[Book series, 14 volumes].</em> Fasciculus Decimus. Zoophyta quaedam minuta. Pp. 1-41, 4 plates. A. Lange, Berlin., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823183 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Sanamyan, K. (2000). Ascidians from the North-Western Pacific region 7. Styelidae. <em>Ophelia.</em> 53(1): 67-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.2000.10409436 [details] Available for editors
additional source Sanamyan, K.; Sanamyan, N. (2017). Shallow-water Ascidians from Matua Island (central Kuril Islands, NW Pacific). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4232(3): 301-321., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Minostyela clavata Kott, 1969)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (9 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (Holotype USNM 11964) (from synonym Minostyela clavata Kott, 1969)
To ITIS
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Minostyela clavata Kott, 1969)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (9 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (Holotype USNM 11964) (from synonym Minostyela clavata Kott, 1969)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
