Pyura gibbosa

Pyura gibbosa
Washed up onshore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Pyuridae
Genus: Pyura
Species:
P. gibbosa
Binomial name
Pyura gibbosa
(Heller, 1878)
Synonyms[1]

Cynthia gibbosa Heller, 1878
Boltenia gibbosa (Heller, 1878)

Pyura gibbosa is a species of sea-squirt in the family, Pyuridae,[2] and was first described in 1878 as Cynthia gibbosa by Camill Heller.[1][3]

It is a sessile, subtropical species,[4] found in the temperate seas of the coasts of all Australian states with the exception of the Northern Territory.[2] It is hermaphroditic and both cross and self-fertilisation occurs. The eggs develop into larva before metamorphosing into adults.[4]

A good description of the species is given by Patricia Kott in a 1985 paper.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Pyura gibbosa (Heller, 1878)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Species Pyura gibbosa (Heller, 1878)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  3. ^ Camill Heller (1878). "Beiträge zur nähern Kenntnis der Tunicaten". Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (in German). 77 (1): 1–28. ISSN 0723-9319. Wikidata Q127657898.
  4. ^ a b "Pyura gibbosa (Heller, 1878)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  5. ^ Patricia Kott (1985). "The Australian Ascidiacea Part I, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 23: 1–440 [302]. Wikidata Q127255890.