WoRMS taxon details
Microcosmus helleri Herdman, 1881
250845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250845)
accepted
Species
Microcosmus goanus Michaelsen, 1918 · unaccepted (original combination)
Microcosmus manaarensis Herdman, 1906 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Herdman, W. A. (1881). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Cynthiidae. <em>Proceeding of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 11(3): 52-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48710941 [details]
Distribution circum-global
Distribution circum-global [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Microcosmus helleri Herdman, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250845 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Herdman, W. A. (1881). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Cynthiidae. <em>Proceeding of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 11(3): 52-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48710941 [details]
original description (of Microcosmus goanus Michaelsen, 1918) Michaelsen, W. (1918). Die Ptychobranchen und Diktyobranchen Ascidien des westlichen Indischen Oceans. <em>Jahrb. Wiss. Anst. Hamburg.</em> 35(2): 1-73. [details]
original description (of Microcosmus manaarensis Herdman, 1906) Herdman, W. A. (1906). Report on the Tunicata collected by Prof. Herdman at Ceylon in 1902. <em>Rept. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fish.</em> 5(39): 295-348. [details]
original description (of Microcosmus goanus Michaelsen, 1918) Michaelsen, W. (1918). Die Ptychobranchen und Diktyobranchen Ascidien des westlichen Indischen Oceans. <em>Jahrb. Wiss. Anst. Hamburg.</em> 35(2): 1-73. [details]
original description (of Microcosmus manaarensis Herdman, 1906) Herdman, W. A. (1906). Report on the Tunicata collected by Prof. Herdman at Ceylon in 1902. <em>Rept. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fish.</em> 5(39): 295-348. [details]
Other
additional source
Kott, P. (1985). The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. <em>Mem Qd Mus.</em> 23: 1-440., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/109626 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Rocha, R. M.; Bonnet, N. Y. K; Baptista, M. S.; Beltramin, F. S. (2012). Introduced and native Phlebobranch and Stolidobranch solitary ascidians (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) around Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. <em>Zoologia.</em> 29(1):39-53.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
[request]additional source Rocha, R. M.; Bonnet, N. Y. K; Baptista, M. S.; Beltramin, F. S. (2012). Introduced and native Phlebobranch and Stolidobranch solitary ascidians (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) around Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. <em>Zoologia.</em> 29(1):39-53.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Mihell [details]Unreviewed
Distribution circum-global [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Microcosmus goanus Michaelsen, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Microcosmus manaarensis Herdman, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microcosmus helleri)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Microcosmus goanus Michaelsen, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Microcosmus manaarensis Herdman, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microcosmus helleri)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
