Specimen Information

Didemnum vexillum
Didemnum vexillum
(a colonial sea squirt)
Tunicates
Exotic

Specimen ID1876638
GroupTunicates
GenusDidemnum
Speciesvexillum
Common Namea colonial sea squirt
StateOR
CountyDouglas
LocalitySouth Jetty at the mouth of the Umpqua River
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUmpqua
HUC8 Number17100303
HUC10 NameLower Umpqua River
HUC10 Number1710030308
HUC12 NameWinchester Creek-Umpqua River
HUC12 Number171003030803
Map
Collection Month10
Collection Year2014
Year AccuracyActual
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:45549
Author:Knorek, Z.R., B.P. Hansen, S.S. Rumrill, S.D. Groth, and A.W.E. Galloway
Date:2020
Title:Seasonal variability in a nascent population of a non-indigenous colonial ascidian (Didemnum vexillum) near Winchester Bay, Oregon
Journal:Aquatic Ecology
Volume:54
Pages:895-907
Record TypeLiterature


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