Ecteinascidia turbinata Herdman, 1880
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ecteinascidia turbinata Herdman, 1880
- Name authority
- Herdman, 1880
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Phlebobranchia
- Family
- Perophoridae
- Genus
- Ecteinascidia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumTunicata
- classAscidiacea Blainville, 1824
- orderPhlebobranchia Lahille, 1886
- familyPerophoridae Giard, 1872
- genusEcteinascidia Herdman, 1880
- speciesEcteinascidia turbinata Herdman, 1880
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ecteinascidia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ecteinascidia aequale Monniot C., 1987 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia bombayensis Das, 1939 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia conklini Berrill, 1932 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia diaphanis Sluiter, 1886 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia faaopa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia imperfecta Tokioka, 1950 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia jacerens Tokioka, 1954 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia krishnani Renganathan & Krishnaswamy, 1985 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia maxima Kott, 1985 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia rubricollis Sluiter, 1886 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia sluiteri Herdman, 1906 | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecteinascidia styeloides (Traustedt, 1882) | PerophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ecteinascidia moorei Herdman, 1891 Herdman, 1891 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Herdman, W. A. (1880). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Part 2. Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh, 10. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600044606 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38PCQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.