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Ascidia interrupta

Status not recordedother invertebrates

Ascidia interrupta is a species in the family Ascidiidae, order Phlebobranchia.

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Quick facts about Ascidia interrupta

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Ascidia interrupta live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Ascidia interrupta as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Portugal

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Ascidia interrupta endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Ascidia interrupta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAscidiacea
  4. orderPhlebobranchia
  5. familyAscidiidae
  6. genusAscidia
  7. SpeciesAscidia interrupta Heller, 1878

Synonyms Ascidia hygomiana, Ascidia postrata, Phallusia hygomiana, Phallusia hygromiana, Phallusia postrata

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ascidia interrupta

Other species in the same genus Ascidia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Ascidia interrupta an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Ascidia interrupta as introduced in 1 country: Portugal, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Ascidia interrupta?

Ascidia interrupta (Ascidia interrupta) belongs to the family Ascidiidae in the order Phlebobranchia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ascidia interrupta (Ascidia interrupta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ascidia-interrupta

MLA

“Ascidia interrupta (Ascidia interrupta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ascidia-interrupta.

BibTeX
@misc{ascidia_interrupta_2026,
  title = {Ascidia interrupta (Ascidia interrupta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ascidia-interrupta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}