Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Stolidobranchia > Family Molgulidae

Eugyra Alder & Hancock, 1870

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eugyrioides*	Seeliger, 1907	synonym

Children

Eugyra adriatica Drasche, 1884
Eugyra arenosa (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
Eugyra borealis (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1977)
Eugyra connectens Ärnbäck, 1928
Eugyra glutinans (Moeller, 1842)
Eugyra islandica Millar, 1974
Eugyra pedunculata Traustedt, 1886

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カンテンボヤ属

Literature

original description	Hancock, A. (1870). On the larval state of Molgula; with descriptions of several new species of simple ascidians. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 6: 353-368.
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.
additional source	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.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Eugyra Alder & Hancock, 1870. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103506