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Pyrosoma Péron, 1804 
AphiaID: 137224

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Thaliacea (Class) > Pyrosomatida (Order) > Pyrosomatidae (Family) > Pyrosomatinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 (type by original designation)
Parent Pyrosomatinae Lahille, 1888
Synonymised
taxa		  Dipleurosoma Brooks, 1906 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Péron, F. 1804. Mémoire sur le nouveau genre Pyrosoma. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4 (12): 437-446. [details]

additional source: van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, 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. 355-356 (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Brooks, W.K. 1906b. The affinities of the pelagic tunicates. I. On a new Pyrosoma (Dipleurosoma elliptica). Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington 10: 151-155. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Brooks, W.K. 1906a. Dipleurosoma, a new genus of Pyrosoma. John Hopkins University Circular 25: 98-99. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Pyrosoma aherniosum Seeliger, 1895
Species Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
Species Pyrosoma godeauxi van Soest, 1981
Species Pyrosoma ovatum Neumann, 1909

Subgenus Pyrosoma (Pyrostremma) Garstang, 1929 accepted as Pyrostremma Garstang, 1929
  » Species Pyrosoma (Pyrostremma) spinosum Herdman, 1888 accepted as Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888)
Species Pyrosoma agassizi Ritter & Byxbee, 1905 accepted as Pyrostremma agassizi (Ritter & Byxbee, 1905)
Species Pyrosoma benthica Monniot & Monniot, 1966 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
Species Pyrosoma elegans Lesueur, 1813 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
Species Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906) accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
Species Pyrosoma excelsior Perrier, 1886 accepted as Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888)
Species Pyrosoma giganteum Lesueur, 1815 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
Species Pyrosoma rufum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
Species Pyrosoma sedentarum Sebastian, 1971 accepted as Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888)
Species Pyrosoma spinosum Herdman, 1888 accepted as Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888)
Species Pyrosoma triangulum Neumann, 1909 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
Species Pyrosoma vitjasi Ivanova-Kazas, 1956 accepted as Pyrostremma agassizi (Ritter & Byxbee, 1905)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
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Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137224
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-02-22 10:45:40Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2013-02-23 13:54:58Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Pyrosoma Péron, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137224 on 2013-05-19
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