Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Thaliacea > Order Pyrosomatida

Pyrosomatidae Lahille, 1888

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pyrosomatinae Lahille, 1888
Pyrostremmatinae van Soest, 1979

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒカリボヤ科

Literature

original description	Lahille, M. F. (1888). Étude systématique des tuniciers. Compt. Rendus Assoc. France Adv. Sci. 16 (2): 667-677.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A monograph of the order Pyrosomatida (Tunicata, Thaliacea). Journal of Plankton Research. 3 (4): 603-631.
additional source	van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, 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. 355-356
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (1979). Revised classification of the order Pyrosomatida (Tunicata, Thaliacea) with the description of a new genus. Steenstrupia. 5 (11): 197-217.

Genbank

Citation

Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). World List of Thaliacea. Pyrosomatidae Lahille, 1888. 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:137216