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

Halocynthia spinosa Sluiter, 1905

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

Literature

original description	Sluiter, C. P. (1905). Tuniciers recueillis en 1904 par M. Ch. Gravier dans la Golfe de Tadjourah (Somalie Francaise). Mem. Soc. Zool. France. 18: 1-20.
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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Meliane, I.; Esplá, A. A.R. (2001). Records of ascidians (Chrodata, Tunicata) from Oman, south East of Arabian Peninsula. in: Claereboudt, M., Goddard, S., Al-Oufi, H., and McIlwain, J. eds. Proc. 1st International Conference on Fisheries, Aquaculture and Environment in the NW Indian Ocean, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. pp 37-43.
additional source	Monniot, C. (1973). Redescription de six Ascidies du golfe d'Elat récoltées par H. Schuhmacher. [Redescription of six ascidians from the Gulf of Eilat, collected by H. Schuhmacher.]. Israel Journal of Zoology. 22: 51-62.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Halocynthia spinosa Sluiter, 1905. 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:103829