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Deep-Sea taxon details

Halocynthia Verrill, 1879

AphiaID

103519 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103519)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pyuridae Hartmeyer, 1908

Direct children (1)

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Species Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke, 1806)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1879). Preliminary check-list of the marine Invertebrata of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Cod to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [Prepared for the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries.]. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers; Author's edition. 32 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Preliminary_check_list_of_the_marine_inv.html?id=EoEuAAAAYAAJ [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Halocynthia Verrill, 1879. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103519 on 2025-05-24

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Halocynthia Verrill, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103519 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-12-05 10:29:40Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1879). Preliminary check-list of the marine Invertebrata of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Cod to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [Prepared for the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries.]. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers; Author's edition. 32 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Preliminary_check_list_of_the_marine_inv.html?id=EoEuAAAAYAAJ [details]

basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. 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. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]