Distoma variolosum. (After Gaertner, loc. cit.) a, a colony, natural size; b, a single individual, enlarged.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Tunicata
Class:
Ascidiacea
Order:
Stolidobranchia
Family:
Styelidae
Genus:
Distomus
Species:
D. variolosus
Binomial name
Distomus variolosus
Gaertner, 1774[1]
Distomus variolosus is a species of tunicate or sea squirt in the family Styelidae. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it lives on the seabed,[2] typically on the stems and fronds of kelp.
^Gaertner, J. (1774) Zoophyta, quaedam minuta. In: Pallas, P.S., Specilegia Zoologia fasc. 10: 24-41. Berolini: G.A. Lange.
^Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2015). Distomus variolosus Gaertner, 1774. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2015) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-23
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