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

Polycitor [Renier], [1804]

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Polycitor adriaticus (Drasche, 1883)
Polycitor crystallinus [Renier], [1804]
Polycitor searli Kott, 1952

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヘンゲボヤ属

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. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
status source	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (IZCN). (1957). Opinion 478. Validation under the plenary powers of the generic name "Polycitor" [Renier], [1804], and of the specific name "crystallinus" [Renier], [1804], as used by the foregoing author in the combination "Polycitor crystallinus" (class Urochordata) ("Opinion" supplementary to "Opinion" 427). Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 16(21): 353–364.
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally)	[Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316.]. [Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published]. xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy].

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Polycitor [Renier], [1804]. 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:103466