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

Halocynthia Verrill, 1879

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cynthia*	Savigny, 1816	junior homonym
*Cynthie*	Savigny, 1816	orthographic variant
*Tethyum*	Bohadsch, 1761	synonym

Children

Halocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke, 1806)
Halocynthia spinosa Sluiter, 1905

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: マボヤ属

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1879). Preliminary check-list of the marine Invertebrata of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Cod to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [Prepared for the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries.]. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers; Author's edition. 32 pp.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Halocynthia Verrill, 1879. 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:103519