WoRMS taxon details
Polycarpa mytiligera (Savigny, 1816)
215948 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215948)
accepted
Species
Cynthia mytiligera Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pandocia seychellensis Michaelsen, 1912 · unaccepted (original combination)
Polycarpa seychellensis (Michaelsen, 1912) · unaccepted (new combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cynthia mytiligera Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details] 
Note Suez
Stations: Tanzania, west side of Pemba...
Stations: Tanzania, west side of Pemba...
Type locality Suez
Stations: Tanzania, west side of Pemba Island, 27 m, outer reef 5°14.01'S- 39°35.61'E, (CRRF coll.), MNHN S1 Pol. B 369. Mozambique, Ibo Island, outer reef (Monniot coll.), MNHN S1 Pol. B 370 (Monniot & Monniot, 1997).
Stations: Tanzania, west side of Pemba Island, 27 m, outer reef 5°14.01'S- 39°35.61'E, (CRRF coll.), MNHN S1 Pol. B 369. Mozambique, Ibo Island, outer reef (Monniot coll.), MNHN S1 Pol. B 370 (Monniot & Monniot, 1997).
Fishelson (1971) placed this genus under Botryllidae [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2026). Ascidiacea World Database. Polycarpa mytiligera (Savigny, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215948 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pandocia seychellensis Michaelsen, 1912) Michaelsen, W. (1912). Die Tethyiden (Styeliden) des Naturhistorischen Museum zu Hamburg, nebst Nachtrag und Annang einige andere familien betreffend. <em>Jahrb. Wiss. Anst., Hamburg.</em> 28(2): 109-186. [details]
original description (of Cynthia mytiligera Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details]
basis of record Monniot, C. (2002). Stolidobranch ascidians from the tropical western Indian Ocean. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 135: 65-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00017.x
page(s): 86. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Monniot, F.; Monniot, C. (1997). Ascidians Collected in Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 86(1), 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.2982/0012-8317(1997)86[1:acit]2.0.co;2 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cynthia mytiligera Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details]
basis of record Monniot, C. (2002). Stolidobranch ascidians from the tropical western Indian Ocean. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 135: 65-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00017.x
page(s): 86. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Monniot, F.; Monniot, C. (1997). Ascidians Collected in Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 86(1), 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.2982/0012-8317(1997)86[1:acit]2.0.co;2 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Monniot, C. (1973). Redescription de six Ascidies du golfe d'Elat récoltées par H. Schuhmacher. [Redescription of six ascidians from the Gulf of Eilat, collected by H. Schuhmacher.]. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 22: 51-62. (look up in IMIS) [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 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 Pomyti [details]Unreviewed
Type locality SuezStations: Tanzania, west side of Pemba Island, 27 m, outer reef 5°14.01'S- 39°35.61'E, (CRRF coll.), MNHN S1 Pol. B 369. Mozambique, Ibo Island, outer reef (Monniot coll.), MNHN S1 Pol. B 370 (Monniot & Monniot, 1997).
Fishelson (1971) placed this genus under Botryllidae [details]
