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

Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyrostremma*	Garstang, 1929	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pyrosoma sedentarum*	Sebastian, 1971	basionym
*Pyrosoma spinosum*	Herdman, 1888	basionym
*Pyrosoma sedentarum*	Sebastian, 1971	synonym
*Pyrosoma spinosum*	Herdman, 1888	synonym

Literature

original description	Herdman, W.A. (1888) Report on the Tunicata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part 3. (Pelagic Tunicata and appendix to Part 1) 27: 1-166 pp.
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	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

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888). 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:137255