African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Pyura Molina, 1782

AphiaID

103524 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103524)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pyuridae Hartmeyer, 1908

Direct children (10)

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Species Pyura capensis Hartmeyer, 1911
Species Pyura gangelion (Savigny, 1816)
Species Pyura mozambica Monniot C., 2002
Species Pyura paessleri (Michaelsen, 1900)
Species Pyura pulla (Sluiter, 1900)
Species Pyura sansibarica Michaelsen, 1908
Species Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878)
Species Pyura vittata (Stimpson, 1852)
Species Pyura momus (Savigny, 1816) accepted as Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) (new combination)
Species Pyura tongaea Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1976 accepted as Pyura gangelion (Savigny, 1816) (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. Bologna. i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Pyura Molina, 1782. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103524 on 2026-06-10

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. Pyura Molina, 1782. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103524 on 2026-06-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-12-05 10:29:40Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

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original description Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. Bologna. i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623 [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]

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. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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