WoRMS taxon details
Polycitor circes Michaelsen, 1930
251084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:251084)
accepted
Species
Polycitor gelatinosa Kott, 1957 · unaccepted (original combination)
Polycitor renziwadai Tokioka, 1952 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Michaelsen, W. (1930). Ascidiae Krikobranchiae. <em>Fauna Sudvest-Australiensis.</em> 5: 461-558. [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Polycitor circes Michaelsen, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=251084 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Michaelsen, W. (1930). Ascidiae Krikobranchiae. <em>Fauna Sudvest-Australiensis.</em> 5: 461-558. [details]
original description (of Polycitor gelatinosa Kott, 1957) Kott, P. (1957). The ascidians of Australia. 2. Aplousobranchiata Lahille: Clavelinidae Forbes & Hanley and Polyclinidae Verrill. <em>Aust. J. mar. Freshwat. Pes.</em> 8(1): 64-110. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Polycitor renziwadai Tokioka, 1952) Tokioka T. (1952). Ascidians collected by Messrs. Renzi Wada and Seizi Wada from the pearl-oyster bed in the Arafura Sea in 1940. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biology Laboratory.</em> 2(2): 91-141. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Polycitor gelatinosa Kott, 1957) Kott, P. (1957). The ascidians of Australia. 2. Aplousobranchiata Lahille: Clavelinidae Forbes & Hanley and Polyclinidae Verrill. <em>Aust. J. mar. Freshwat. Pes.</em> 8(1): 64-110. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Polycitor renziwadai Tokioka, 1952) Tokioka T. (1952). Ascidians collected by Messrs. Renzi Wada and Seizi Wada from the pearl-oyster bed in the Arafura Sea in 1940. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biology Laboratory.</em> 2(2): 91-141. [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Kott, P. (1990). The Australian Ascidiacea, part 2, Aplousobranchia (1). <em>Mem. Qd Mus.</em> 29(1): 1-226. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kott, P. (1990). The Australian Ascidiacea, part 2, Aplousobranchia (1). <em>Mem. Qd Mus.</em> 29(1): 1-226. [details] Available for editors






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Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Pcrcir [details]