MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pyura microcosmus (Savigny, 1816)

WoRMS taxon details

Pyura microcosmus (Savigny, 1816)

AphiaID

103851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103851)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pyura Molina, 1782

Original name

Cynthia microcosmus Savigny, 1816

Synonymised names

Cynthia microcosmus Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cynthia morus Forbes, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cynthia savignyi Philippi, 1843 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cynthia scutellata Heller, 1877 · unaccepted (original combination)

Pyura savignyi (Philippi, 1843) · unaccepted (new combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cynthia microcosmus Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris. 2: 1-239. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Pyura microcosmus (Savigny, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103851 on 2025-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2007-12-05 12:32:01Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cynthia microcosmus Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris. 2: 1-239. [details]

original description (of Cynthia morus Forbes, 1848) Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341 [details]

original description (of Cynthia savignyi Philippi, 1843) Philippi, A. (1843). Rhopalaea ein neues Genus der einfachen Ascidien. Arch.Anat. Phys. 45-47. [details]

original description (of Cynthia scutellata Heller, 1877) Heller, C. (1877). Untersuchungen über die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittelmeeres. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien. 37: 241-275, plates I-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7221621 [details]

basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. 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. 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Millar, R. H. (1970). British ascidians, Tunicata: Ascidiacea: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 1. Academic Press: London. ISBN 12-496650-0. 92 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]