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Halocynthia Verrill, 1879 
AphiaID: 103519

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Pyuridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Pyuridae Hartmeyer, 1908
Synonymised
taxa
  Cynthia Savigny, 1816 (homonym)
Cynthie Savigny, 1816 (Literature misspelling)
Holocynthia Verrill, 1879 (Literature misspelling)
Tethyum Bohadsch, 1761 (Suppressed)
Sources  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]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787)
Species Halocynthia breviramosa Sluiter, 1904
Species Halocynthia cactus (Oka, 1932)
Species Halocynthia dumosa (Stimpson, 1855)
Species Halocynthia hilgendorfi (Traustedt, 1885)
Species Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906
Species Halocynthia igaguri Tokioka, 1953
Species Halocynthia microspinosa (Van Name, 1921)
Species Halocynthia okai Ritter, 1907
Species Halocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke, 1806)
Species Halocynthia roretzi (Drasche, 1884)
Species Halocynthia simaensis Tokioka, 1949
Species Halocynthia spinosa Sluiter, 1905
Species Halocynthia turboga (Oka, 1929)

Species Halocynthia flynni Herdman, 1923 (nomen dubium)
Species Halocynthia rubrilabia Rennie & Wiseman, 1906 (nomen dubium)

Species Halocynthia arabica Monniot, 1965 accepted as Halocynthia spinosa Sluiter, 1905
Species Halocynthia arctica (Hartmeyer, 1899) accepted as Boltenia echinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Halocynthia carnleyensis Bovien, 1921 accepted as Pyura trita (Sluiter, 1900)
Species Halocynthia castaneiformis (Drasche, 1884) accepted as Boltenia villosa (Stimpson, 1864)
Species Halocynthia cerebriformis (Herdman, 1881) accepted as Pyura spinosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Halocynthia chilensis (Molina, 1782) accepted as Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782
Species Halocynthia comma Hartmeyer, 1906 accepted as Pyura comma (Hartmeyer, 1906)
Species Halocynthia deani (Ritter, 1900) accepted as Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787)
Species Halocynthia defectiva Millar, 1962 accepted as Halocynthia spinosa Sluiter, 1905
Species Halocynthia discoveryi Herdman, 1910 accepted as Pyura discoveryi (Herdman, 1910)
Species Halocynthia echinata (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Boltenia echinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Halocynthia gangelion (Savigny, 1816) accepted as Pyura gangelion (Savigny, 1816)
Species Halocynthia grandis (Heller, 1878) accepted as Herdmania grandis (Heller, 1878)
Species Halocynthia haustor (Stimpson, 1864) accepted as Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864)
Species Halocynthia hispida (Herdman, 1881) accepted as Halocynthia dumosa (Stimpson, 1855)
Species Halocynthia hystrix Oka, 1930 accepted as Pyura sacciformis (Drasche, 1884)
Species Halocynthia jacatrensis (Sluiter, 1890) accepted as Pyura arenosa (Herdman, 1882)
Species Halocynthia jakoboja Oka, 1906 accepted as Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906
Species Halocynthia johnsoni Ritter, 1909 accepted as Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864)
Species Halocynthia jokoboja Oka, 1906 accepted as Pyura sacciformis (Drasche, 1884)
Species Halocynthia karasboja Oka, 1906 accepted as Pyura vittata (Stimpson, 1852)
Species Halocynthia michaelseni Oka, 1906 accepted as Pyura sacciformis (Drasche, 1884)
Species Halocynthia mirabilis (Drasche, 1884) accepted as Herdmania mirabilis (Drasche, 1884)
Species Halocynthia momus (Savigny, 1816) accepted as Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)
Species Halocynthia owstoni Oka, 1906 accepted as Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906
Species Halocynthia paessleri (Michaelsen, 1900) accepted as Pyura paessleri (Michaelsen, 1900)
Species Halocynthia pallida (Heller, 1878) accepted as Herdmania pallida (Heller, 1878)
Species Halocynthia partita (Stimpson, 1852) accepted as Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
Species Halocynthia polycarpa Sluiter, 1904 accepted as Pyura polycarpa (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Halocynthia pulchella (Verrill, 1871) accepted as Dendrodoa pulchella (Rathke, 1806)
Species Halocynthia riiseana (Traustedt, 1883) accepted as Pyura vittata (Stimpson, 1852)
Species Halocynthia ritteri (Oka, 1906) accepted as Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906
Species Halocynthia rustica (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767
Species Halocynthia sanderi (Traustedt & Weltner, 1894) accepted as Pyura sacciformis (Drasche, 1884)
Species Halocynthia setosa Sluiter, 1905 accepted as Pyura setosa (Sluiter, 1905)
Species Halocynthia stubenrauchi (Michaelsen, 1900) accepted as Pyura stubenrauchi (Michaelsen, 1900)
Species Halocynthia superba (Ritter, 1900) accepted as Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787)
Species Halocynthia transversaria Sluiter, 1904 accepted as Boltenia transversaria (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Halocynthia tuberculum Verrill, 1879 accepted as Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
Species Halocynthia vanhaffeni Michaelsen, 1904 accepted as Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878)
Species Halocynthia vanhoeffeni Michaelsen, 1904 accepted as Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878)
Species Halocynthia vanhoffeni Michaelsen, 1904 accepted as Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878)
Species Halocynthia villosa (Stimpson, 1864) accepted as Boltenia villosa (Stimpson, 1864)
Species Halocynthia washingtonia Ritter, 1913 accepted as Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864)
Environment marine, terrestrial
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Note  Remark: Sluiter,1905 placed this genus in the Plidaeuridae family [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103519
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Monniot, Claude
2006-09-12 06:54:36Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-12-05 10:29:40Z  checked  Sanamyan, Karen
  
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  Citation: Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Halocynthia Verrill, 1879. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103519 on 2013-06-19
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