African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Halocynthia Verrill, 1879

AphiaID

103519 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103519)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pyuridae Hartmeyer, 1908

Synonymised names

Cynthia Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted (homonym)

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Species Halocynthia spinosa Sluiter, 1905
Species Halocynthia gangelion (Savigny, 1816) accepted as Pyura gangelion (Savigny, 1816) (new combination)
Species Halocynthia momus (Savigny, 1816) accepted as Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) (new combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1879). Preliminary check-list of the marine Invertebrata of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Cod to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [Prepared for the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries.]. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers; Author's edition. 32 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Preliminary_check_list_of_the_marine_inv.html?id=EoEuAAAAYAAJ [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2021). Ascidiacea World Database. Halocynthia Verrill, 1879. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103519 on 2026-08-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Halocynthia Verrill, 1879. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103519 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-12-05 10:29:40Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1879). Preliminary check-list of the marine Invertebrata of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Cod to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [Prepared for the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries.]. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers; Author's edition. 32 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Preliminary_check_list_of_the_marine_inv.html?id=EoEuAAAAYAAJ [details]

original description (of Cynthia Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris. 2: 1-239. [details]

basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. 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. 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halocynthia)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To ITIS