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

Oligotrema lyra Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oligotrema*	Bourne, 1903	accepted genus name
*Gasterascidia*	Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1968	synonym
*Sorbera*	Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1974	synonym

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	Kott, P. (1989). The family Hexacrobylidae Seeliger, 1906 (Ascidiacea, Tunicata). Mem. Qd Mus. 27(2): 517-534.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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	Tatián, M.; Lagger, C.; Demarchi, M.; Mattoni, C. (2011). Molecular phylogeny endorses the relationship between carnivorous and filter-feeding tunicates (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). Zoologica Scripta. 40: 603–612.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Oligotrema lyra Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973. 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:103942