First record of the solitary ascidian Ciona savignyi Herdman, 1882 in the Southern Hemisphere

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-368

  Smith, Kirsty F ^a,b   Cahill, Patrick L ^a   Fidler, Andrew E ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Ciona savignyi; Invasive ascidian; Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI); New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859593476     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.05     Document Type: Article

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