Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis

Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Styelidae
Genus: Cnemidocarpa
Species:
C. finmarkiensis
Binomial name
Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis
(Kiaer, 1893)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Polycarpa finmarckiensis (Kiaer, 1893)
  • Polycarpa finmarkiensis Kiaer, 1893
  • Styela finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893)
  • Styela stimpsoni Ritter, 1900
  • Tethyum elsa (Hartmeyer, 1906)
  • Tethyum finmarckiense (Kiaer, 1893)
  • Tethyum finmarkiense (Kiaer, 1893)
  • Tethyum stimpsoni (Ritter, 1900)

Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis is a species of solitary ascidian tunicate in the family Styelidae. Common names include broad base sea squirt, orange sea squirt, red sea squirt, shiny orange sea squirt, shiny red tunicate and Finmark's tunicate.[2] It is native to shallow waters in the northern and northeastern Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ a b Sanamyan, Karen (2018). "Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WallaWalla was invoked but never defined (see the help page).