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Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804

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Péron, F. Mémoire sur le nouveau genre Pyrosoma. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4 (12): 437-446. (1804).
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Thaliacea
order
Pyrosomatida
family
Pyrosomatidae
genus
Pyrosoma
species
Pyrosoma atlanticum

Name

Synonyms
Dipleurosoma ellipticum Brooks, 1906
Pyrosoma atlanticum dipleurosoma Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919
Pyrosoma atlanticum echinatum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919
Pyrosoma atlanticum f. elegans Lesueur, 1815
Pyrosoma atlanticum hawaiiense Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919
Pyrosoma atlanticum intermedium Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919
Pyrosoma atlanticum paradoxum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919
Pyrosoma atlanticum triangulum Neumann, 1913
Pyrosoma atlanticum var. giganteum Lesueur, 1815
Pyrosoma atlanticum var. levatum Seeliger, 1895
Pyrosoma atlanticum var. tuberculosum Seeliger, 1895
Pyrosoma benthica Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1966
Pyrosoma elegans Lesueur, 1813
Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906)
Pyrosoma giganteum Lesueur, 1815
Pyrosoma giganteum var. atlanticum Péron, 1804
Pyrosoma rufum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Pyrosoma triangulum Neumann, 1909
Homonyms
Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804
Common names
Atlantic pyrosomes in English
Feuerwalze in German
Атлантическая пиросома in Russian
ヒカリボヤ in Japanese
Atlantic pyrosomes in English
Атлантическая пиросома in Russian
ヒカリボヤ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 73 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (a) of the specific names of Twenty-five species of the Phyla Mollusca, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata and Chordata, each of which is the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of the specific names of three species belonging respectively to the Phyla Brachiopoda, Echino Dermata and Chordata, each of which is currently treated by Some or All Specialists as a senior Subjective synonym of the name of such a species.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1E, 193-214 (1957)
  3. Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430.
  4. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  5. Péron, F. 1804. Mémoire sur le nouveau genre Pyrosoma. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4 (12): 437-446.
  6. Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A monograph of the order Pyrosomatida (Tunicata, Thaliacea). <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 3 (4): 603-631.
  7. Wells, A., and W. W. K. Houston, eds., 1998: Hemichordata, Tunicata, Cephalochordata. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, vol. 34. xiii + 298.
  8. van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
  9. van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 355-356
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