Pyura Molina, 1782
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Genus Pyura Molina, 1782 View in CoL
Pyura gangelion ( Savigny, 1816) View in CoL ( Figs 106 View FIG ; 108A View FIG ; 130B View FIG )
Cynthia gangelion Savigny, 1816: 90-147 . Type locality: Red Sea.
Halocynthia gangelion View in CoL – Sluiter 1905: 102, Djibouti.
Pyura gangelion View in CoL – Monniot C. 1973: 57, Red Sea.
Pyura (Halocynthia) sansibarica Michaelsen, 1908: 251 View in CoL , Zanzibar.
Pyura sansibarica View in CoL – Michaelsen 1918: 8, Red Sea. — Millar 1956: 929 Mozambique. — Vasseur 1969: 926, Madagascar.
Pyura obesa View in CoL – Hartmeyer 1919: 14, Australia. — Kott 1985: 315, Australia.
Pyura robusta Hartmeyer, 1922: 319 View in CoL . — Kott 1998: 185.
Pyura albanyensis Michaelsen, 1927: 193 View in CoL , Albany. — Hartmeyer & Michaelsen 1928: 435. — Monniot C. 1989: 492, fig. 8, pl. IIA, B, New Caledonia. — Monniot C. & Monniot F. 1991: 411, fig. 27D, F, New Caledonia. — Monniot F. & Monniot C. 1996: 263, fig. 58, Papua New Guinea.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei, North lagoon, Yusan-maru, permanently moored ship, 6°98.91’N, 158°17.53’E, 1 m, 14.X.1996 ( MNHN S2 PYU 385).
Maldives. N Male Atoll, Feydhoo Findhu Island, 4°12.88’N, 73°29.27’E, 2 m, 15.IX.1997 ( MNHN S2 PYU 383).
Mozambique. Ibo Island 1995; Djibouti 1996, coll. Monniot ( MNHN S2 PYU 388).
REMARKS
All synonym specimens have the same anatomical characters ( Fig. 106 View FIG ) whatever the ocean in which they were collected. Their external aspect may be variable. The species is generally dark brown-red, but in the Maldives it is black ( Fig. 130B View FIG ), with yellow stripes on the siphons. The siphonal spinules ( Fig. 108A View FIG ) are regularly arranged but of different sizes, small and larger ones intercalated.
The specific name P. gangelion has priority even if the specimens are frequently cited with other names.
The distribution of the species is especially wide in the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
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Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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Yunnan University |
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Pyura Molina, 1782
Monniot, Françoise & Monniot, Claude 2001 |
Pyura robusta
KOTT P. 1998: 185 |
Pyura albanyensis
HARTMEYER R. & MICHAELSEN W. 1928: 435 |
MICHAELSEN W. 1927: 193 |
Pyura obesa
KOTT P. 1985: 315 |
HARTMEYER R. 1919: 14 |
Pyura sansibarica
VASSEUR P. 1969: 926 |
MILLAR R. H. 1956: 929 |
MICHAELSEN W. 1918: 8 |
Pyura (Halocynthia) sansibarica
MICHAELSEN W. 1908: 251 |
Halocynthia gangelion
SLUITER C. P. 1905: 102 |
Cynthia gangelion
SAVIGNY J. C. 1816: 147 |