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
Not to be confused with Microcosmos.
"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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