Asterocarpa humilisis a species of ascidian first described in 1878 as Styela humilis by Camill Heller.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Stolidobranchia |
| Family: | Styelidae |
| Genus: | Asterocarpa |
| Species: | A. humilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
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Asterocarpa cerea (Sluiter, 1900) | |
They are a sessile, subtropical species found in depths up to 26m, in the Indo-Pacificm and the temperate seas of Australia: New Zealand, Chile and South Africa.[4]
As a member of the class Ascidiacea, the species is hermaphroditic allowing both cross- and self-fertilization. The eggs develop into larva before metamorphosis into benthic adults.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Species Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Camill Heller (1878). "Beiträge zur nähern Kenntniss der Tunicaten" (PDF). Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (in German). 77 (1): 83-109 [107]. ISSN 0723-9319. Wikidata Q63313134.
- ^ a b "Asterocarpa humilis". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ P. Kott (2005), Catalogue of Tunicata in Australian Waters (PDF), Australian Biological Resources Study, p. i-iii, 1-305, Wikidata Q127696022