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

Microcosmus Heller, 1877

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyurella*	Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973	synonym

Children

Microcosmus claudicans (Savigny, 1816)
Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878
Microcosmus glacialis (Sars, 1859)
Microcosmus hernius (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973)
Microcosmus nudistigma Monniot C., 1962
Microcosmus polymorphus Heller, 1877
Microcosmus pupa (Savigny, 1816)
Microcosmus sabatieri Roule, 1885
Microcosmus savignyi Monniot C., 1962
Microcosmus squamiger Michaelsen, 1927
Microcosmus vulgaris Heller, 1877

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ハルトボヤ属

Literature

original description	Heller, C. (1877). Untersuchungen über die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittelmeeres. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien. 37: 241-275, plates I-VII.
basis of record	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.
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	Mastrototaro, M.; Tursi, A. (2006). Ascidiacea. In: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Microcosmus Heller, 1877. 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:103522