WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782

AphiaID

251256 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:251256)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pyura Molina, 1782

Original name

Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782

Synonymised names

Ascidia pyura Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cynthia chilensis (Molina, 1782) · unaccepted (new combination)

Cynthia clavigera Traustedt, 1883 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cynthia nodulosa Drasche, 1884 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cynthia socialis Troschell, 1852 · unaccepted (original combination)

Halocynthia chilensis (Molina, 1782) · unaccepted (new combination)

Pyura clavigera (Traustedt, 1883) · unaccepted (new combination)

Pyura molinae Blainville, 1824 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. Bologna. i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=251256 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-05 12:32:01Z

created

Sanamyan, Karen

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. Bologna. i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623 [details]

original description (of Ascidia pyura Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Cynthia nodulosa Drasche, 1884) Drasche, R. (1884). Ueber einige neue und weniger bekannte aussereuropasche einfache Ascidien. Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. Wien. 48: 369-386. [details]

original description (of Cynthia socialis Troschell, 1852) Troschell, F. H. (1852). Bericht uber Mollusken. Arch. Naturgesch., ann. 1852. 2: 257-307. [details]

original description (of Cynthia clavigera Traustedt, 1883) Traustedt, M. P. A. (1883). Vestindiske Ascidiae Simplices, Anden Afdeling. Molgulidae og Cynthiadae. Vid. Meddel. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn, ann.1882. 108-136. [details]

original description (of Pyura molinae Blainville, 1824) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825-1827). Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie. Paris, Levrault 1-647 [1825], 649-664 + 109 pl. [1827]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43891 [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]

context source (PeRMS) Van Name, W. G. (1945). The North and South American ascidians. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 84: 1-476., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1186 [details]

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 Van Name, W. G. (1945). The North and South American ascidians. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 84: 1-476., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1186 [details]