Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Thaliacea > Order Pyrosomatida > Family Pyrosomatidae > Subfamily Pyrosomatinae > Genus Pyrosoma

Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyrosoma*	Péron, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pyrosoma benthica*	Monniot & Monniot, 1966	synonym

Literature

original description	Péron, F. 1804. Mémoire sur le nouveau genre Pyrosoma. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4 (12): 437-446.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. 1981a. A monograph of the order Pyrosomatida (Tunicata, Thaliacea). Journal of Plankton Research 3 (4): 603-631.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
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	Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430.
additional source	Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (107 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137250