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Perophora japonica

Perophora japonica

colonial sea squirt(+1)·Oka, 1927

GBIF:157129874

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(14)

Atlantic Europe
introduced
Japan
introduced
United Kingdom
introduced
Spanish part of the North Atlantic Ocean(ES)
introduced
French part of the English Channel(FR)
uncertain
French part of the English Channel(FR)
introduced
British part of the English Channel(GB)
introduced
British part of the English Channel(GB)
introduced
British part of the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel(GB)
introduced
Irish part of the North Atlantic Ocean(IE)
introduced
Irish part of the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland(IE)
introduced
Dutch part of the North Sea(NL)
introduced
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean(US)
introduced

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages.

engcolonial sea squirtengjpnマメボヤjpn

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages.

engcolonial sea squirt
eng
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
jpnマメボヤ
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

AnimaliaChordataTunicataAscidiaceaPhlebobranchiaPerophoridaePerophoraPerophora japonica

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins)

NCBI:txid111868

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(5)

  • 1

    Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: pp. 352-355.

    basis of record
  • 2

    Nishikawa, T. (1991). The ascidians of the Japan Sea 2. <em>Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab.</em> 35(1/3): 25-170.

    additional source
  • 3

    Oka, A. (1927). Uber eine Perophora aus Japan. <em>Proc. Imp. Acad.</em> 2(8): 588-560.

    original description
  • 4

    Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453.

    additional source
  • 5

    van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

    additional source

    • Source Information

    WRiMS

    WRiMS

    checklist

    The World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS, https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced) records which marine species in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, https://www.marinespecies.org, https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/347) have been introduced deliberately or accidentally by human activities to geographic areas outside their native range. It excludes species that colonized new locations naturally (so called ‘range extensions’), even if in response to climate change. The dataset is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each taxon: the scientific name, higher classification, stable identifiers linking to taxon and scientific name information, taxonomic status, and nomenclatural status, the vernacular names, the region of introduction and associated country, as well as the year of the first introduction (first collection) and/or last assessment/observation in this region, coarse habitat information, and the pathway(s) of introduction and invasion stage. We have released this dataset under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY). If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don’t hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata.

    Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced on 2026-06-01. doi:10.14284/347 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-18.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    157129874
    Dataset Key
    0a2eaf0c-5504-4f48-a47f-c94229029dc8
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5200487
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103758
    Last Crawled
    6/10/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/10/2026
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