Microcosmus Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Karen Sanamyan & Claude Monniot . 2013 . Microcosmus Heller, 1877 . Ascidiacea . 103522 . June 20, 2013.