RAMS taxon details
Polycitor [Renier], [1804]
Tetrazona Michaelsen, 1930 · unaccepted (Synonym)
- Species Polycitor glareosus (Sluiter, 1906)
- Species Polycitor magalhaensis (Michaelsen, 1907) accepted as Eudistoma magalhaensis (Michaelsen, 1907)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
[Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316; Author and date cited in square brackets because not stated in the manuscript but inferred from external sources; Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published]. xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy]. [details] 
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Polycitor [Renier], [1804]. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103466 on 2026-05-04
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Polycitor [Renier], [1804]. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103466 on 2026-05-04
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Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>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.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
status source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (IZCN). (1957). Opinion 478. Validation under the plenary powers of the generic name "<i>Polycitor</i>" [Renier], [1804], and of the specific name "<i>crystallinus</i>" [Renier], [1804], as used by the foregoing author in the combination "<i>Polycitor crystallinus</i>" (class Urochordata) ("Opinion" supplementary to "Opinion" 427). <em>Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 16(21): 353–364., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.149411 [details] Available for editors
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) [Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316; Author and date cited in square brackets because not stated in the manuscript but inferred from external sources; Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published]. xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy]. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
status source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (IZCN). (1957). Opinion 478. Validation under the plenary powers of the generic name "<i>Polycitor</i>" [Renier], [1804], and of the specific name "<i>crystallinus</i>" [Renier], [1804], as used by the foregoing author in the combination "<i>Polycitor crystallinus</i>" (class Urochordata) ("Opinion" supplementary to "Opinion" 427). <em>Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 16(21): 353–364., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.149411 [details] Available for editors
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) [Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316; Author and date cited in square brackets because not stated in the manuscript but inferred from external sources; Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published]. xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy]. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
