Pyuridae

Halocynthia roretzi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Stolidobranchia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Tunicata Classis: Ascidiacea Ordo: Stolidobranchia

Familia: Pyuridae
Genera (16): Bathypera – Bathypyura – Boltenia – Bolteniopsis – Claudenus – Cratostigma – Ctenyura – Culeolus – Halocynthia – Hartmeyeria – Hemistyela – Herdmania – Heterostigma – Microcosmus – Paraculeolus – Pyura

Name

Pyuridae Hartmeyer, 1908: 7, 15, 26 [conserved name]

• Type genus: Pyura Molina, 1782, by original designation.
• Placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology with the Name Number 514 (Opinion 1182).

Synonyms

• Tethyidae Hunstman, 1912: 133 [suppressed name; junior homonym of Tethyidae Gray, 1867]
  • Type genus: Tethyum Gunnerus, 1765, by monotypy.
  • Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names with the Name Number 485 (Opinion 1182).

References

Primary references

• Hartmeyer, R. 1908. Zur Terminologie der Familien und Gattungen der Ascidien. Zoologische Annalen 3: 1–63. BHL
• Huntsman, A.G. 1912. Ascidians from the coasts of Canada. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute 9: 111–148. BHL
• Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1182. Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: removal of the homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 174–177. BHL, Biostor Reference page. 

Additional references

• Monniot, F. 2018. Ascidians collected during the Madibenthos expedition in Martinique 3. Stolidobranchia, Pyuridae and Molgulidae. Zootaxa 4459(3): 401–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

español: Pyures
italiano: Tartufi di mare, Limoni di mare