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Ciona intestinalis  (Linnaeus, 1767)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 159113

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ascidia intestinalis Linnaeus, 1767
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumUrochordata  – urocordado, tunicates, sea squirts, salps, ascidies  
                ClassAscidiacea  – ascidians, sessile tunicates, ascídia, ascidies, tuniqués sessiles  
                   OrderEnterogona   
                      SuborderPhlebobranchia Lahille, 1887  
                         FamilyCionidae Lahille, 1887  
                            GenusCiona Fleming, 1822  
                               SpeciesCiona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SubspeciesCiona intestinalis gelatinosa (Bonnevie, 1896)  
                                  SubspeciesCiona intestinalis intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)  
                                  SubspeciesCiona intestinalis longissima (Hartmeyer, 1899)  
                                  SubspeciesCiona intestinalis tenella (Stimpson, 1852)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Millar, R. H.   
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title: Tunicata: Ascidiacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia, no. 1   
  Page(s): 123   
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