Pyura
creator: Monniot, Claude
creator: Martinez, Olga
creator: Sanamyan, Karen
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Pyura Molina, 1782
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2026). Ascidiacea World Database. Pyura Molina, 1782. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103524 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2007-12-05T11:29:40Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pyura Molina, 1782
class: Ascidiacea
family: Pyuridae
genus: Pyura
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. Bologna. i-v + 1-306 + errata + map.
name published in: Michaelsen, W. (1904). Die stolidobranhiaten ascidien der deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Wiss. Ergeb.Deutschen Tiefsee-Exped. 7: 181-260.
name published in: Oka, A. (1930). Uber eine merkwürdige Cynthiide aus Bucht von Sagami. Proc. Imp. Acad. Japan, 6 (8): 317-320.
name published in: Arnback, C. L. (1938). Ascidiacea. In: Furher zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition 1901-1903, under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. Stockholm. 3(4): 1-54.
name published in: Oka, A. (1929). Uber eine neue gestielte Monascidie Podocynthia turboja n.g., n.sp. Proc. Imp. Acad. Tokyo. 5(2): 94-96.
name published in: Michaelsen, W. (1912). Die Tethyiden (Styeliden) des Naturhistorischen Museum zu Hamburg, nebst Nachtrag und Annang einige andere familien betreffend. Jahrb. Wiss. Anst., Hamburg. 28(2): 109-186.
name published in year: 1782
name published in year: 1904
name published in year: 1930
name published in year: 1938
name published in year: 1929
name published in year: 1912
order: Stolidobranchia
parent name usage ID: 103449
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: Molina, 1782
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted