Genus Pyura Molina, 1782
- Pyura Molina, G.I. 1782. Animali de Chili. In, Saggio sulla storia naturale de Chili. Bologna : Stamperia di S. Tomaso d'Aquino 367 pp. [English Translation 1808] [196, 349] [nomen conservandum, see Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1182. Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: Removal of homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 174–177].
Type species:
Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782 by monotypy.Secondary source:
Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1182. Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: Removal of homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 174-177. - Forbesia Lacaze-Duthiers, F.J.H. & Délage, Y. 1892. Faune des Cynthiadées de Roscoff et côtes de Bretagne. Mémoires Présentés par Divers Savant a l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France 45(2): 1-319 [138].
Type species:
Cynthia tessellata Forbes, 1848 by original designation. - Cynthiopsis Michaelsen, W. 1904. Die stolidobranchiaten Ascidien der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 7: 183-260 [200].
Type species:
Cynthiopsis valdivia Michaelsen, 1904 by original designation (= Cynthia stolonifera Heller, 1878). - Pyuropsis Michaelsen, W. 1912. Die Tethyiden (Styeliden) des Naturhistorischen Museum zu Hamburg, nebst nachtrag und Anhang einige anderen Familien betreffend. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 28(2): 109-186 [112].
Type species:
Cynthia stubenrauchi Michaelsen, 1900 by original designation. - Podocynthia Oka, A. 1929. Ueber eine neue gestielte Monascidie Podocynthia turboja n.g. n.sp. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 5: 94-95 [94].
Type species:
Podocynthia turboja Oka, 1929 by monotypy. - Hyalocynthia Oka, A. 1930. Ueber eine merkwürdige Cynthiide aus der Bucht von Sagami. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 6: 317-320 [317].
Type species:
Hyalocynthia histrix Oka, 1930 by monotypy. - Paracynthia Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde, A. 1938. Ascidiacea. Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903 3(4): 1-54 [125].
Type species:
Paracynthia distincta Ärnbäck, 1938 by original designation (= Cynthia paessleri Michaelsen, 1900).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hartmeyer, R. 1911. Die Ascidien der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901–1903. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition 1901–1903 12(4): 407-606 [554]
- Hartmeyer, R. 1923. Ascidiacea, part I. Zugleich eine Übersicht über die Arktische und boreale Ascidienfauna auf tiergeographischer Grundlage. Ingolf-Exped 2(6): 1-365 [174]
- Huus, J. 1937. Ascidiaceae. pp. 545-692 in Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, T. (eds). Handbuch der Zoologie. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter Vol. 5(2). [677]
- Van Name, W.G. 1945. The North and South American ascidians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 84: 1-476 [329, 330]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Worldwide.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
- Berrill, N.J. 1950. The Tunicata. Ray Society Publications 133: 1-354
- Hartmeyer, R. 1923. Ascidiacea, part I. Zugleich eine Übersicht über die Arktische und boreale Ascidienfauna auf tiergeographischer Grundlage. Ingolf-Exped 2(6): 1-365
- Kott, P. 1969. Antarctic Ascidiacea. A monographic account of the known species based on specimens collected under U.S. Government auspices 1947 to 1963. Antarctic Research Series 13: i-xv 1-239
- Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440
- Millar, R.H. 1982. The marine fauna of New Zealand. Memoirs of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 85: 1-117
- Nishikawa, T. 1991. The ascidians of the Japan Sea. II. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 35(1–3): 26-170
- Van Name, W.G. 1945. The North and South American ascidians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 84: 1-476
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