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Halocynthia

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Halocynthia

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Halocynthia is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Pyuridae. Species such as H. roretzi are eaten in parts of Asia as a delicacy.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAscidiacea
  4. OrderStolidobranchia
  5. FamilyPyuridae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
15
With media
3
Family
Pyuridae
Collections
USNM, CAS, UF, AM, YPM, QM
Recorded in
Ecuador, Italy, United States, Greenland, China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Chile

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taxon
Parent taxon
Pyuridae
Image
Halocynthia.jpg
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taxon name
Halocynthia
taxon rank
genus
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Halocynthia is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Pyuridae. Species such as H. roretzi are eaten in parts of Asia as a delicacy.

Species within the genus Halocynthia include: Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787) Halocynthia breviramosa Sluiter, 1904 Halocynthia cactus (Oka, 1932) Halocynthia dumosa (Stimpson, 1855) Halocynthia hilgendorfi (Traustedt, 1885) Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906 Halocynthia igaguri Tokioka, 1953 Halocynthia microspinosa (Van Name, 1921) Halocynthia okai Ritter, 1907 Halocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767) Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke, 1806) Halocynthia roretzi (Drasche, 1884) Halocynthia simaensis Tokioka, 1949 Halocynthia spinosa Sluiter, 1905 Halocynthia turboga (Oka, 1929)

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