WoRMS taxon details
Pyrosoma Péron, 1804
137224 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137224)
accepted
Genus
Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 (type by original designation)
Dipleurosoma Brooks, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Pyrosoma aherniosum Seeliger, 1895
- Species Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
- Species Pyrosoma godeauxi van Soest, 1981
- Species Pyrosoma ovatum Neumann, 1909
- Subgenus Pyrosoma (Pyrostremma) Garstang, 1929 accepted as Pyrostremma Garstang, 1929 (junior synonym)
- Species Pyrosoma (Pyrostremma) spinosum Herdman, 1888 accepted as Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888) (subgenus transfer)
- Species Pyrosoma agassizi Ritter & Byxbee, 1905 accepted as Pyrostremma agassizi (Ritter & Byxbee, 1905) (genus transfer)
- Species Pyrosoma benthica Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1966 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 (junior synonym)
- Species Pyrosoma elegans Lesueur, 1813 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 (junior synonym)
- Species Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906) accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 (junior synonym)
- Species Pyrosoma excelsior Perrier, 1886 accepted as Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888) (genus transfer and nomen oblitum)
- Species Pyrosoma giganteum Lesueur, 1815 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 (junior synonym)
- Species Pyrosoma operculatum Neumann, 1909 accepted as Pyrosomella operculata (Neumann, 1909) (genus transfer)
- Species Pyrosoma rufum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 (junior synonym)
- Species Pyrosoma sedentarum Sebastian, 1971 accepted as Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Pyrosoma spinosum Herdman, 1888 accepted as Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888) (genus transfer)
- Species Pyrosoma triangulum Neumann, 1909 accepted as Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 (junior synonym)
- Species Pyrosoma verticillatum Neumann, 1909 accepted as Pyrosomella verticillata (Neumann, 1909) (genus transfer)
- Species Pyrosoma vitjasi Ivanova-Kazas, 1956 accepted as Pyrostremma agassizi (Ritter & Byxbee, 1905) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Péron, F. 1804. Mémoire sur le nouveau genre Pyrosoma. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4 (12): 437-446. [details]
Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). World List of Thaliacea. Pyrosoma Péron, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137224 on 2024-08-16
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original description
Péron, F. 1804. Mémoire sur le nouveau genre Pyrosoma. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4 (12): 437-446. [details]
original description (of Dipleurosoma 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 Brooks, 1906) Brooks, W.K. 1906a. Dipleurosoma, a new genus of Pyrosoma. John Hopkins University Circular 25: 98-99. [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]
original description (of Dipleurosoma 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 Brooks, 1906) Brooks, W.K. 1906a. Dipleurosoma, a new genus of Pyrosoma. John Hopkins University Circular 25: 98-99. [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]
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From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Language | Name | |
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Japanese | ヒカリボヤ属キタヒラクラゲ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Dipleurosoma Brooks, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dipleurosoma) (from synonym Dipleurosoma Brooks, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pyrosoma)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 029259)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Dipleurosoma Brooks, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dipleurosoma) (from synonym Dipleurosoma Brooks, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pyrosoma)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 029259)
To ITIS