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

Microcosmus Heller, 1877

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Microcosmus claudicans (Savigny, 1816)
Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878
Microcosmus glacialis (Sars, 1859)
Microcosmus hernius (Monniot & Monniot, 1973)
Microcosmus nudistigma Monniot C., 1962
Microcosmus polymorphus Heller, 1877
Microcosmus pupa (Savigny, 1816)
Microcosmus sabatieri Roule, 1885
Microcosmus savignyi Monniot, 1962
Microcosmus squamiger Michaelsen, 1927
Microcosmus vulgaris Heller, 1877

Literature

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	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	Mastrototaro, Francesco; Angelo Tursi (2006). Ascidiacea, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.

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Citation

Sanamyan, K. (2014). Microcosmus Heller, 1877. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2014) Ascidiacea World Database. 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:103522