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Pyura lanka Herdman, 1906 
AphiaID: 251274

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Pyuridae (Family) > Pyura (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Pyura Molina, 1782
Sources  original description: Herdman, W.A. (1906) Report on the Tunicata collected by Prof. Herdman at Ceylon in 1902 Rept. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fish, pt.5, suppl.,(39): 295-348. [details]

additional source: Renganathan, T.K. (1984) Redescription of rare simple ascidian, Pyura lanka Herdman, 1906 (Ascidiacea/Pyuridae) from Indian waters Current Science, 53(24): 1308-1309. [details]

additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

Environment marine
Distribution North Indian Ocean [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:251274
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Date   action   by
2007-12-05 12:32:01Z  created  Sanamyan, Karen
  
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  Citation: Sanamyan, K. (2013). Pyura lanka Herdman, 1906. 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=251274 on 2013-05-23
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