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Pyrosoma atlanticum

Pyrosoma atlanticum

Atlantic pyrosomes(+2)·Péron, 1804

GBIF:155296379

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Geographic Distribution(6)

Gulf of Mexico
Southern Ocean
European Marine Waters
North West Atlantic
Mediterranean Sea
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone(NZ)

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 3 languages.

engAtlantic pyrosomesengrusАтлантическая пиросомаrusjpnヒカリボヤjpn

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 3 languages.

engAtlantic pyrosomes
eng
Source: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. <em>PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.</em>
rusАтлантическая пиросома
rus
Source: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. <em>PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.</em>
jpnヒカリボヤ
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

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IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)

NCBI:txid76845

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References(11)

  • 1

    Brissimi, C.; Pantelidou, M.; Kallianiotis, A.A.; Vidoris, P.; Antoniadou, C.; Anastasiadou, C. (2024). Notes on <i>Pyrosoma atlanticum</i> Péron, 1804 with a Revision of the Deep-Sea Taxon in the Mediterranean Basin. <em>Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal.</em> 17(3): 555970.

  • 2

    Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

    additional source
  • 3

    Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430.

    additional source
  • 4

    Lilly, L. E.; Suthers, I. M.; Everett, J. D.; Richardson, A. J. (2023). A global review of pyrosomes: Shedding light on the ocean's elusive gelatinous “fire‐bodies”. <em>Limnology and Oceanography Letters.</em>

    additional sourceDOI: 10.1002/lol2.10350
  • 5

    Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155296379
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5232532
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137250
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026