Microcosmus

Microcosmus is a genus of tunicates in the family Pyuridae, containing the following species:[1]

  • Microcosmus albidus Michaelsen, 1904
  • Microcosmus anchylodeirus Traustedt, 1883
  • Microcosmus anomalocarpus Millar, 1988
  • Microcosmus arenaceus Sluiter, 1904
  • Microcosmus australis Herdman, 1898
  • Microcosmus bitunicatus Monniot & Monniot, 2001
  • Microcosmus claudicans (Savigny, 1816)
  • Microcosmus curvus Tokioka, 1954
  • Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878
  • Microcosmus glacialis (Sars, 1859)
  • Microcosmus hartmeyeri Oka, 1906
  • Microcosmus helleri Herdman, 1881
  • Microcosmus hernius (Monniot & Monniot, 1973)
  • Microcosmus hirsutus Sluiter, 1900
  • Microcosmus longicloa Monniot & Monniot, 1991
  • Microcosmus madagascariensis Michaelsen, 1918
  • Microcosmus miniaceus Sluiter, 1900
  • Microcosmus multiplicatus Tokioka, 1952
  • Microcosmus multitentaculatus Tokioka, 1953
  • Microcosmus nudistigma C. Monniot, 1962
  • Microcosmus oligophyllus Heller, 1878
  • Microcosmus pacificus Monniot & Monniot, 2001
  • Microcosmus planus Kott, 1975
  • Microcosmus polymorphus Heller, 1877
  • Microcosmus propinquus Herdman, 1881
  • Microcosmus psammiferus Monniot, Monniot, Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
  • Microcosmus pupa (Savigny, 1816)
  • Microcosmus sabatieri Roule, 1885
  • Microcosmus santoensis Monniot & Monniot, 2003
  • Microcosmus savignyi Monniot, 1962
  • Microcosmus senegalensis Michaelsen, 1915
  • Microcosmus squamiger Michaelsen, 1927
  • Microcosmus stoloniferus Kott, 1952
  • Microcosmus trigonimus Millar, 1955
  • Microcosmus tuberculatus Kott, 1985
  • Microcosmus vesiculosus Monniot & Monniot, 2001
  • Microcosmus vulgaris Heller, 1877
"Microcosmus" was also an name for the kraken used prior to the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

Microcosmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Pyuridae
Genus: Microcosmus
Heller, 1877

References
  1. Karen Sanamyan & Claude Monniot (2013). Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X (eds.). "Microcosmus Heller, 1877". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 20, 2013.


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