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WoRMS taxon detailsPyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
 137250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137250)
accepted
Species
Dipleurosoma ellipticum Brooks, 1906 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Pyrosoma atlanticum dipleurosoma Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma atlanticum echinatum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma atlanticum f. elegans Lesueur, 1815 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma atlanticum hawaiiense Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma atlanticum intermedium Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma atlanticum paradoxum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma atlanticum triangulum Neumann, 1913 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma atlanticum var. giganteum Lesueur, 1815 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma atlanticum var. levatum Seeliger, 1895 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma atlanticum var. tuberculosum Seeliger, 1895 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma benthica Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1966 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma elegans Lesueur, 1813 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma giganteum Lesueur, 1815 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma giganteum var. atlanticum Péron, 1804 · unaccepted (status change)
Pyrosoma rufum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pyrosoma triangulum Neumann, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine,
Péron, F. 1804. Mémoire sur le nouveau genre Pyrosoma. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4 (12): 437-446. [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters [details]
Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). World List of Thaliacea. Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137250 on 2025-07-12
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Péron, F. 1804. Mémoire sur le nouveau genre Pyrosoma. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4 (12): 437-446. [details] original description (of Pyrosoma benthica Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1966) Monniot, C.; Monniot, F. 1966. Un pyrosome benthique: Pyrosoma benthica n.sp. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 263D: 368-370. [details] original description (of Pyrosoma elegans Lesueur, 1813) Lesueur C.A. (1813). Mémoire sur quelques nouvelles espèces d'animaux mollusques et radiaires recueillis dans la Méditerranée près de Nice. <em>Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> (2) 3 (69): 281-285, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4122254 [details] original description (of Pyrosoma giganteum Lesueur, 1815) Lesueur, M. (1815). Mémoire sur l'organisation des Pyrosomes, et sur la place qu'ils semblent devoir occuper dans une classification naturelle. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1815: 70-74, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4690875 [details] original description (of Pyrosoma rufum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044 [details] original description (of Pyrosoma 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] original description (of Pyrosoma triangulum Neumann, 1909) Neumann, G. 1909b. 3. Mitteilung über eine neue Pyrosomen Art der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger 33 (21): 709-711. [details] original description (of Pyrosoma atlanticum var. tuberculosum Seeliger, 1895) Seeliger, O. 1895. Die Pyrosomen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse Plankton-Exp. 2 (E,b): 3-88. [details] original description (of Pyrosoma atlanticum var. levatum Seeliger, 1895) Seeliger, O. 1895. Die Pyrosomen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse Plankton-Exp. 2 (E,b): 3-88. [details] original description (of Pyrosoma atlanticum dipleurosoma Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) Metcalf, M.M.; Hopkins, H.S. 1919. Pyrosoma. A taxonomic study based upon the collections of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 100 (2): 195-272. [details] original description (of Pyrosoma atlanticum hawaiiense Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) Metcalf, M.M.; Hopkins, H.S. 1919. Pyrosoma. A taxonomic study based upon the collections of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 100 (2): 195-272. [details] original description (of Pyrosoma atlanticum paradoxum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) Metcalf, M.M.; Hopkins, H.S. 1919. Pyrosoma. A taxonomic study based upon the collections of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 100 (2): 195-272. [details] original description (of Pyrosoma atlanticum triangulum Neumann, 1913) Neumann, Günther. (1913). Die Pyrosomen und Doliolida der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-03. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903, im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern.</em> Bd. XIV, Zoologie Bd. VI: 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6261803 [details] original description (of Pyrosoma atlanticum echinatum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) Metcalf, M.M.; Hopkins, H.S. 1919. Pyrosoma. A taxonomic study based upon the collections of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 100 (2): 195-272. [details] original description (of Pyrosoma atlanticum intermedium Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) Metcalf, M.M.; Hopkins, H.S. 1919. Pyrosoma. A taxonomic study based upon the collections of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 100 (2): 195-272. [details] original description (of Pyrosoma atlanticum f. elegans Lesueur, 1815) Lesueur, M. (1815). Mémoire sur l'organisation des Pyrosomes, et sur la place qu'ils semblent devoir occuper dans une classification naturelle. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1815: 70-74, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4690875 [details] basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A monograph of the order Pyrosomatida (Tunicata, Thaliacea). <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 3 (4): 603-631. [details] Available for editors  [request]Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) van Soest, R.W.M. (1975). Thaliacea of the Bermuda area. <em>Bull. Zool. Mus. Univ. Amsterdam.</em> 5(2): 8-12. [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Lilly, L. E.; Suthers, I. M.; Everett, J. D.; Richardson, A. J. (2023). A global review of pyrosomes: Shedding light on the ocean's elusive gelatinous “fire‐bodies”. <em>Limnology and Oceanography Letters.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10350 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Xiang, P.; Bai, X.; Xing, B.; Li, J.; Zhang, C.; Li, M. (2024). Full-length transcriptome annotation of a pyrosome, Pyrosoma atlanticum (Chordata, Thaliacea). <em>Scientific Data.</em> 11(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04251-7 page(s): 1 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Uyan, A.; Uyğur, N.;Ergenler, A.; S.A. Doğdu. (2025). Additional Record of Pelagic Tunicate <i>Pyrosoma atlanticum</i> Péron, 1804 from Mersin Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean. <em>Tethys Environmental Science.</em> 2(2): 104-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15710687 page(s): 106 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Brissimi, C.; Pantelidou, M.; Kallianiotis, A.A.; Vidoris, P.; Antoniadou, C.; Anastasiadou, C. (2024). Notes on <i>Pyrosoma atlanticum</i> Péron, 1804 with a Revision of the Deep-Sea Taxon in the Mediterranean Basin. <em>Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal.</em> 17(3): 555970., available online at https://doi.org/10.19080/OFOAJ.2024.17.555970 page(s): 2 [details] Available for editors [request]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 van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 355-356 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430. [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters [details]Habitat pelagic [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pyrosoma benthica Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1966) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pyrosoma atlanticum triangulum Neumann, 1913) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications) (from synonym Pyrosoma elegans Lesueur, 1813) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (116 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (140 publications) (from synonym Pyrosoma giganteum Lesueur, 1815) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pyrosoma triangulum Neumann, 1909) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pyrosoma atlanticum) To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To PESI To PESI (from synonym Pyrosoma benthica Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1966) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pyrosoma atlanticum hawaiiense Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906)) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pyrosoma giganteum Lesueur, 1815) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Pyrosoma atlanticum triangulum Neumann, 1913) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (52 records) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (6 records) (from synonym Pyrosoma atlanticum dipleurosoma Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (9 records) (from synonym Pyrosoma atlanticum intermedium Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (Holotype USNM 6409) (from synonym Pyrosoma atlanticum paradoxum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (Holotype USNM 6416) (from synonym Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906)) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (Holotype USNM 6437) (from synonym Pyrosoma atlanticum echinatum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (Holotype USNM 6443) (from synonym Pyrosoma atlanticum hawaiiense Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919) To ITIS |
