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

Halocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tethyum Bohadsch, 1761

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halocynthia*	Verrill, 1879	accepted genus name
*Cynthia*	Savigny, 1816	junior homonym
*Cynthie*	Savigny, 1816	orthographic variant
*Tethyum*	Bohadsch, 1761	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: ascidi roig sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Dutch: rode zakpijp

English: red sea-squirt sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: ascidie rouge; bitochou; outre de mer; violet rouge sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: rote Seescheide sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: patata di mare

Literature

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	Kott, P. (1985). The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Mem Qd Mus. 23: 1-440.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Halocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767). 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:103827