Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Thaliacea > Order Pyrosomatida > Family Pyrosomatidae > Subfamily Pyrostremmatinae > Genus Pyrostremma

Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pyrosoma Péron, 1804

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyrostremma*	Garstang, 1929	accepted genus name
*Pyrosoma (Pyrostremma)*	Garstang, 1929	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ナガヒカリボヤ

Literature

additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Badreddine, A.; Fatfat, S.; Aguilar, R. (2025). Unveiling Hidden Drifters: New Records of Colonial Pelagic Tunicates in Lebanese Waters and the Levantine Sea. ISRG Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences. II (I): 34-39.
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	Décima, M., M.R. Stukel, L. López-López & M.R. Landry. (2019). The unique ecological role of pyrosomes in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Limnology And Oceanography. 64(2):728-743.
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

Genbank

Citation

Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). World List of Thaliacea. Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 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:137255