WoRMS taxon details

Polycarpa Heller, 1877

103538  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103538)

accepted
Genus
Styeloides Sluiter, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Species Polycarpa albatrossi (Van Name, 1912)
Species Polycarpa albopunctata (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Polycarpa ambonensis (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Polycarpa appropinquata (Sluiter, 1898)
Species Polycarpa arenosa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1976
Species Polycarpa argentata (Sluiter, 1890)
Species Polycarpa arnbackae Monniot F., 1964
Species Polycarpa arnoldi (Michaelsen, 1914)
Species Polycarpa aspera (Herdman, 1886)
Species Polycarpa atromarginata Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2003
Species Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
Species Polycarpa beuziti Monniot C., 1970
Species Polycarpa biforis (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Polycarpa biscayensis Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1974
Species Polycarpa camptos Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001
Species Polycarpa captiosa (Sluiter, 1885)
Species Polycarpa carpocincta Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2003
Species Polycarpa cartilaginea (Sluiter, 1898)
Species Polycarpa caudata Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1974
Species Polycarpa chinensis (Tokioka, 1967)
Species Polycarpa clavata Hartmeyer, 1919
Species Polycarpa colletti Herdman, 1906
Species Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)
Species Polycarpa conchilega (Fleming, 1822)
Species Polycarpa contecta (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Polycarpa cornogi Glemarec & Monniot C., 1966
Species Polycarpa cryptocarpa (Sluiter, 1885)
Species Polycarpa cylindrocarpa Tokioka, 1970
Species Polycarpa decipiens Herdman, 1906
Species Polycarpa delta Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1968
Species Polycarpa directa Kott, 1990
Species Polycarpa discoidea Heller, 1877
Species Polycarpa distomaphila Millar, 1953
Species Polycarpa divisa (Ostroumov & Pavlenko, 1911)
Species Polycarpa ecuadorensis Millar, 1988
Species Polycarpa ehrenbergi Hartmeyer, 1916
Species Polycarpa errans Hartmeyer, 1909
Species Polycarpa fibrosa (Stimpson, 1852)
Species Polycarpa flava Kott, 1985
Species Polycarpa foresti Monniot C., 1970
Species Polycarpa fungiformis Herdman, 1898
Species Polycarpa glebosa (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Polycarpa goreensis (Michaelsen, 1914)
Species Polycarpa gracilis Heller, 1877
Species Polycarpa gradata Monniot C., 2002
Species Polycarpa granosa Tokioka, 1953
Species Polycarpa hartmeyeri Michaelsen, 1927
Species Polycarpa inchacae Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1976
Species Polycarpa indiana Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1985
Species Polycarpa inhacae Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1976
Species Polycarpa insulsa (Sluiter, 1898)
Species Polycarpa intonata Kott, 1985
Species Polycarpa irregularis Herdman, 1881
Species Polycarpa itapoa Rocha & Moreno, 2000
Species Polycarpa itera Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1977
Species Polycarpa kapala Kott, 1990
Species Polycarpa kornogi Glémarec & Monniot C., 1966
Species Polycarpa longicarpa Tokioka, 1952
Species Polycarpa longiformis Tokioka, 1952
Species Polycarpa longitubis Monniot C., Monniot F. & Leung Tack, 1987
Species Polycarpa macra Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1991
Species Polycarpa maculata Hartmeyer, 1906
Species Polycarpa madagascariensis (Michaelsen, 1912)
Species Polycarpa mamillaris (Pallas, 1774)
Species Polycarpa maniensis Meenakshi & Senthamarai, 2006
Species Polycarpa maruhi Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Species Polycarpa melanosiphonica Tokioka, 1967
Species Polycarpa minuta Herdman, 1881
Species Polycarpa molguloides Herdman, 1881
Species Polycarpa muelleri Brunetti, 2007
Species Polycarpa multiplicata Monniot C., 1983
Species Polycarpa mytiligera (Savigny, 1816)
Species Polycarpa natalensis (Sluiter, 1898)
Species Polycarpa nigerrima Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001
Species Polycarpa nigricans Heller, 1878
Species Polycarpa nota Kott, 1985
Species Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878
Species Polycarpa offa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1988
Species Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890)
Species Polycarpa ovata Pizon, 1908
Species Polycarpa palaonensis Tokioka, 1950
Species Polycarpa palinorosa (Sluiter, 1895)
Species Polycarpa palkensis Herdman, 1906
Species Polycarpa papillata (Sluiter, 1885)
Species Polycarpa papyra Kott, 1985
Species Polycarpa patens (Sluiter, 1885)
Species Polycarpa pedunculata Heller, 1878
Species Polycarpa pegasis Michaelsen, 1922
Species Polycarpa pentarhiza Monniot F., 1965
Species Polycarpa perstellata Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2003
Species Polycarpa pigmentata (Herdman, 1906)
Species Polycarpa plantei Monniot C., 2002
Species Polycarpa plenovata Kott, 1985
Species Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
Species Polycarpa porculus Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1979
Species Polycarpa pori Monniot C., 2002
Species Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)
Species Polycarpa producta Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2003
Species Polycarpa psammodes (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Polycarpa psammotesta Tokioka, 1953
Species Polycarpa pseudoalbatrossi Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1968
Species Polycarpa pulvinum Monniot C., 1969
Species Polycarpa pusilla (Herdman, 1884)
Species Polycarpa pustulosa (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Polycarpa quadricarpa Millar, 1953
Species Polycarpa reniformis (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Polycarpa reviviscens Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001
Species Polycarpa richeri Monniot C., 1987
Species Polycarpa rigida Herdman, 1881
Species Polycarpa rima Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
Species Polycarpa rockallensis Millar, 1982
Species Polycarpa rubida (Sluiter, 1898)
Species Polycarpa salutis Monniot F., 2016
Species Polycarpa scatterata Meenakshi & Senthamarai, 2006
Species Polycarpa scuba Monniot C., 1971
Species Polycarpa seges Kott, 2009
Species Polycarpa simplex Tokioka, 1950
Species Polycarpa sobria (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Polycarpa sourieri Peres, 1949
Species Polycarpa spiralis (Sluiter, 1885)
Species Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
Species Polycarpa stirpes Kott, 1985
Species Polycarpa suesana Michaelsen, 1919
Species Polycarpa takarazima Tokioka, 1954
Species Polycarpa tenera Lacaze-Duthiers & Delage, 1892
Species Polycarpa thelyphanes (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Polycarpa tinctor (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Polycarpa tinctorella Kott, 1985
Species Polycarpa tokiokai Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
Species Polycarpa translucida (Peres, 1951)
Species Polycarpa triruga Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2003
Species Polycarpa tumida Heller, 1878
Species Polycarpa twynami Herdman, 1906
Species Polycarpa urmeli Sanamyan & Hissmann, 2008
Species Polycarpa vankampeni Sluiter, 1919
Species Polycarpa violacea (Alder, 1863)
Species Polycarpa viridis Herdman, 1880
Species Polycarpa willisi Herdman, 1906
Species Polycarpa zeteta Millar, 1982

Species Polycarpa abjornseni Michaelsen, 1927 accepted as Polyandrocarpa abjornseni (Michaelsen, 1927) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa aernbaeckae Monniot F., 1964 accepted as Polycarpa arnbackae Monniot F., 1964
Species Polycarpa anguinea (Sluiter, 1898) accepted as Polyandrocarpa anguinea (Sluiter, 1898) (synonym)
Species Polycarpa attollens Herdman, 1898 accepted as Polycarpa papillata (Sluiter, 1885) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Polycarpa attollens Herdman, 1899 accepted as Polycarpa papillata (Sluiter, 1885) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa bassi Herdman, 1886 accepted as Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa capricornia Kott, 1952 accepted as Polycarpa papillata (Sluiter, 1885) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa circumarata (Sluiter, 1904) accepted as Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890) (new combination)
Species Polycarpa coccus Michaelsen, 1919 accepted as Eusynstyela miniata (Sluiter, 1905) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa crossogonima Millar, 1962 accepted as Polycarpa arnoldi (Michaelsen, 1914) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa curta Herdman, 1884 accepted as Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa doderleini Hartmeyer, 1906 accepted as Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa doderleinii Hartmeyer, 1906 accepted as Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885) (literature misspelling)
Species Polycarpa doederleini Hartmeyer, 1906 accepted as Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885) (literature misspelling)
Species Polycarpa elata Heller, 1878 accepted as Polycarpa papillata (Sluiter, 1885) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa erecta Pizon, 1908 accepted as Polycarpa nigricans Heller, 1878 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa finmarckiensis (Kiaer, 1893) accepted as Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893) (synonym)
Species Polycarpa finmarkiensis Kiaer, 1893 accepted as Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa formosa Herdman, 1884 accepted as Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa fristedti Michaelsen, 1923 accepted as Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa informis (Forbes, 1848) accepted as Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816) (new combination)
Species Polycarpa intermedia Hartmeyer, 1919 accepted as Polycarpa papillata (Sluiter, 1885) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa intestinata Kott, 1952 accepted as Polycarpa papillata (Sluiter, 1885) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa iwayamae Tokioka, 1950 accepted as Polycarpa argentata (Sluiter, 1890) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa libera Kiaer, 1893 accepted as Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa longisiphonica Herdman, 1881 accepted as Polycarpa rigida Herdman, 1881 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa lucilla Kott, 1985 accepted as Polycarpa hartmeyeri Michaelsen, 1927 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa marchadi Monniot C., 1969 accepted as Polycarpa goreensis (Michaelsen, 1914) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa marioni Peres, 1951 accepted as Polycarpa goreensis (Michaelsen, 1914) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa mayeri Traustedt, 1883 accepted as Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa miniata (Sluiter, 1905) accepted as Eusynstyela miniata (Sluiter, 1905) (new combination)
Species Polycarpa moebii Michaelsen, 1905 accepted as Polycarpa viridis Herdman, 1880 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa monoceros (Moeller, 1842) accepted as Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767 (new combination)
Species Polycarpa multiphiala Verrill, 1900 accepted as Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa mutilans Herdman, 1906 accepted as Polycarpa papillata (Sluiter, 1885) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa nivosa (Sluiter, 1898) accepted as Polycarpa anguinea (Sluiter, 1898) accepted as Polyandrocarpa anguinea (Sluiter, 1898) (new combination)
Species Polycarpa obtecta Traustedt, 1883 accepted as Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883 (synonym)
Species Polycarpa palinorsa (Sluiter, 1895) accepted as Polycarpa palinorosa (Sluiter, 1895)
Species Polycarpa pedata Herdman, 1881 accepted as Cnemidocarpa pedata (Herdman, 1881) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa picteti Pizon, 1908 accepted as Polycarpa pigmentata (Herdman, 1906) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa pilella Herdman, 1881 accepted as Polyandrocarpa pilella (Herdman, 1881) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa polyphlebodes Hartmeyer, 1919 accepted as Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa quadrata Herdman, 1881 accepted as Cnemidocarpa quadrata (Herdman, 1881)
Species Polycarpa radicata Herdman, 1881 accepted as Polycarpa pedunculata Heller, 1878 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa rugosa Drasche, 1884 accepted as Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa rustica (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767 (new combination)
Species Polycarpa sabulosa Heller, 1877 accepted as Polycarpa gracilis Heller, 1877 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa seriata Michaelsen, 1905 accepted as Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa seychellensis (Michaelsen, 1912) accepted as Polycarpa mytiligera (Savigny, 1816) (new combination)
Species Polycarpa sigmilineata Millar, 1975 accepted as Polycarpa decipiens Herdman, 1906 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa simplicigona Millar, 1975 accepted as Monandrocarpa simplicigona (Millar, 1975)
Species Polycarpa sluiteri Herdman, 1899 accepted as Polycarpa rigida Herdman, 1881 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa sluiteri Herdman, 1898 accepted as Polycarpa rigida Herdman, 1881 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Polycarpa solvens (Sluiter, 1895) accepted as Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890) (new combination)
Species Polycarpa steindachneri Michaelsen, 1919 accepted as Eusynstyela miniata (Sluiter, 1905) (original combination)
Species Polycarpa sulcata Herdman, 1881 accepted as Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Polycarpa thelypanes (Sluiter, 1904) accepted as Polycarpa thelyphanes (Sluiter, 1904) (literature misspelling)
Species Polycarpa unilineata Kott, 1952 accepted as Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878 (original combination)
Species Polycarpa varians Heller, 1877 accepted as Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816) (original combination)

Species Polycarpa jacksoniana Herdman, 1899 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Polycarpa nebulosa Heller, 1878 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Polycarpa sacciformis Herdman, 1899 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Polycarpa stephenensis Herdman, 1899 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Polycarpa stimpsoni Heller, 1878 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Heller, C. (1877). Untersuchungen über die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittelmeeres. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien.</em> 37: 241-275, plates I-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7221621 [details]   
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2023). Ascidiacea World Database. Polycarpa Heller, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103538 on 2023-03-21
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original description Heller, C. (1877). Untersuchungen über die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittelmeeres. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien.</em> 37: 241-275, plates I-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7221621 [details]   

original description  (of Glandula Stimpson, 1852) Stimpson, W. (1852). Several new ascidians from the coast of the United States. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.</em> 4: 228-232. [details]   

original description  (of Pandocia Fleming, 1822) Fleming, J. (1882). The Philosophy of Zoology. Vol. 2. <em>Edinburgh and London.</em> pp. 508-518. [details]   

original description  (of Styeloides Sluiter, 1886) Sluiter, C. P. (1885). Ueber einige einfachen Ascidien von der Insel Billiton. <em>Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie.</em> 45: 160-232. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record 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 Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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Japanese クロボヤ属  [details]