WoRMS name details
Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906)
719857 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:719857)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Brooks, W.K. 1906b. The affinities of the pelagic tunicates. I. On a new Pyrosoma (Dipleurosoma elliptica). Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington 10: 151-155. [details]
(of Dipleurosoma ellipticum Brooks, 1906) Brooks, W.K. 1906b. The affinities of the pelagic tunicates. I. On a new Pyrosoma (Dipleurosoma elliptica). Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington 10: 151-155. [details]
(of Dipleurosoma ellipticum Brooks, 1906) Brooks, W.K. 1906b. The affinities of the pelagic tunicates. I. On a new Pyrosoma (Dipleurosoma elliptica). Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington 10: 151-155. [details]
Garic, R.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2026). World List of Thaliacea. Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719857 on 2026-06-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Brooks, W.K. 1906b. The affinities of the pelagic tunicates. I. On a new Pyrosoma (Dipleurosoma elliptica). Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington 10: 151-155. [details]
original description (of Dipleurosoma ellipticum Brooks, 1906) Brooks, W.K. 1906b. The affinities of the pelagic tunicates. I. On a new Pyrosoma (Dipleurosoma elliptica). Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington 10: 151-155. [details]
original description (of Dipleurosoma ellipticum Brooks, 1906) Brooks, W.K. 1906b. The affinities of the pelagic tunicates. I. On a new Pyrosoma (Dipleurosoma elliptica). Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington 10: 151-155. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality