WoRMS taxon details
Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
AphiaID: 137250
AphiaID: 137250
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Thaliacea (Class) > Pyrosomatida (Order) > Pyrosomatidae (Family) > Pyrosomatinae (Subfamily) > Pyrosoma (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Pyrosoma Péron, 1804 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Pyrosoma Péron, 1804 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Dipleurosoma ellipticum Brooks, 1906 (genus transfer and junior synonym) Pyrosoma atlanticum dipleurosoma Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma atlanticum echinatum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma atlanticum f. elegans Lesueur, 1815 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma atlanticum hawaiiense Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma atlanticum intermedium Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma atlanticum paradoxum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma atlanticum triangulum Neumann, 1913 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma atlanticum var. giganteum Lesueur, 1815 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma atlanticum var. levatum Seeliger, 1895 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma atlanticum var. tuberculosum Seeliger, 1895 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma benthica Monniot & Monniot, 1966 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma elegans Lesueur, 1813 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906) (junior synonym) Pyrosoma giganteum Lesueur, 1815 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma giganteum var. atlanticum Péron, 1804 (status change) Pyrosoma rufum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (junior synonym) Pyrosoma triangulum Neumann, 1909 (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] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1981a. A monograph of the order Pyrosomatida (Tunicata, Thaliacea). Journal of Plankton Research 3 (4): 603-631. [details] additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [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] additional source: Kott, P. ; Esnal, G. (2009). Tunicata. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] original description (from synonym): Monniot, C.; Monniot, F. 1966. Un pyrosome benthique: Pyrosoma benthica n.sp. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 263D: 368-370. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Lesueur C. A. (1813). Mémoire sur quelques nouvelles espèces d'animaux mollusques et radiaires recuellis dans la méditerranée près de Nice. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomathique de Paris 3: 281-285, pl. 5 [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Lesueur, M. 1815. Mémoire sur l'organisation des Pyrosomes, et sur la place qu'ils semblent devoir occuper dans une classification naturelle. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique, Paris 4: 70-74. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Quoy, J.R.C. et Gaimard, J.P., 1824. Voyage autour du monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817 à 1820. In: Freycinet, 1824. Zoologie : iv + 712 pp.. [details] [view taxon] original description (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] original description (from synonym): Neumann, G. 1909b. 3. Mitteilung über eine neue Pyrosomen Art der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger 33 (21): 709-711. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Seeliger, O. 1895. Die Pyrosomen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse Plankton-Exp. 2 (E,b): 3-88. [details] [view taxon] new combination reference (from synonym): Krüger, P. 1912. Pyrosomes et Appendiculaires provent des campagnes de la Princess-Alice (1885-1910). Résultats de Campagnes Scientifiques Albert 1er 39: 3-38. [details] [view taxon] new combination reference (from synonym): Neumann, G. 1913a. 14. Die Pyrosomen und Doliolida der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-03, Zoologie IV: 1-34. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Metcalf, M.M.; Hopkins, H.S. 1919. Pyrosoma. A taxonomic study based upon the collections of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 100 (2): 195-272. [details] [view taxon] new combination reference (from synonym): Godeaux, J. 1973. Tuniciers pélagiques récoltés au cours de troisième croisière Atlantique de l'Armauer Hansen (1922). Bulletin de Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 42 (1/2): 53-69. [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Pyrosoma atlanticum dipleurosoma Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Subspecies Pyrosoma atlanticum echinatum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Forma Pyrosoma atlanticum f. elegans Lesueur, 1815 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Subspecies Pyrosoma atlanticum hawaiiense Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Subspecies Pyrosoma atlanticum intermedium Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Subspecies Pyrosoma atlanticum paradoxum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Subspecies Pyrosoma atlanticum triangulum Neumann, 1913 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Variety Pyrosoma atlanticum var. giganteum Lesueur, 1815 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Variety Pyrosoma atlanticum var. levatum Seeliger, 1895 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Variety Pyrosoma atlanticum var. tuberculosum Seeliger, 1895 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Antarctic Ocean [details] Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] South African Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Antarctic Invertebrates To Biodiversity Heritage Library (107 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters [details] Habitat: pelagic [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137250 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137250 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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