WoRMS taxon details
Pyura gangelion (Savigny, 1816)
103850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103850)
accepted
Species
Cynthia gangelion Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted (original combination)
Halocynthia gangelion (Savigny, 1816) · unaccepted (new combination)
Pyura albanyensis Michaelsen, 1927 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pyura scoresbiensis Kott, 1972 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pyura tongaea Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1976 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cynthia gangelion Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details] 
Distribution circum-global
Distribution circum-global [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Pyura gangelion (Savigny, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103850 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pyura tongaea Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1976) Monniot, C.; Monniot, F. (1976). Ascidies de la Côte du Mozambique. [Ascidians from the Mozambique coast.]. <em>Rev. Zool. Afr.</em> 90(2): 357-392. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Cynthia gangelion Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details]
original description (of Pyura albanyensis Michaelsen, 1927) Michaelsen, W. (1927). Einige neue westaustralische Ptychobranchiate Ascidien. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 71, 193–203. [details]
original description (of Pyura scoresbiensis Kott, 1972) Kott, P. (1972). The ascidians of the South Australia 1. Spenser Gulf, St.Vincent Gulf and Encounter Bay. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 96: 1-52. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>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.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Cynthia gangelion Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details]
original description (of Pyura albanyensis Michaelsen, 1927) Michaelsen, W. (1927). Einige neue westaustralische Ptychobranchiate Ascidien. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 71, 193–203. [details]
original description (of Pyura scoresbiensis Kott, 1972) Kott, P. (1972). The ascidians of the South Australia 1. Spenser Gulf, St.Vincent Gulf and Encounter Bay. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 96: 1-52. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>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.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Monniot, C. (1973). Redescription de six Ascidies du golfe d'Elat récoltées par H. Schuhmacher. [Redescription of six ascidians from the Gulf of Eilat, collected by H. Schuhmacher.]. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 22: 51-62. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kott, P. (2004). Ascidiacea (Tunicata) in Australian waters of the Timor and Arafura Seas. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 20: 37-81. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Skinner, L. F.; Rocha, R. M.; Counts, B. K. (2019). Pyura gangelion and Pyura beta sp. nov. (Ascidiacea: Pyuridae): an exotic and a new tunicate from the West Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4545(2): 264., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4545.2.6
page(s): 271 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Monniot, C. (1973). Redescription de six Ascidies du golfe d'Elat récoltées par H. Schuhmacher. [Redescription of six ascidians from the Gulf of Eilat, collected by H. Schuhmacher.]. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 22: 51-62. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kott, P. (2004). Ascidiacea (Tunicata) in Australian waters of the Timor and Arafura Seas. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 20: 37-81. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Skinner, L. F.; Rocha, R. M.; Counts, B. K. (2019). Pyura gangelion and Pyura beta sp. nov. (Ascidiacea: Pyuridae): an exotic and a new tunicate from the West Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4545(2): 264., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4545.2.6
page(s): 271 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Pygang [details]Unreviewed
Distribution circum-global [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pyura albanyensis Michaelsen, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Halocynthia gangelion (Savigny, 1816))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pyura gangelion)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pyura tongaea Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1976)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pyura albanyensis Michaelsen, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Halocynthia gangelion (Savigny, 1816))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pyura gangelion)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pyura tongaea Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1976)
