Microcosmus

Genus of sea squirts

Not to be confused with Microcosmos.

"Microcosmus" (cf. kraken), was also an early taxonomic genus; formerly a tunicate, crab, or fabulous whale hafgufa, with multi-organism growths on them.

Microcosmus

Microcosmus sabatieri
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Subphylum:  | Tunicata
Class:  | Ascidiacea
Order:  | Stolidobranchia
Family:  | Pyuridae
Genus:  | Microcosmus
Heller, 1877

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

## References

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1. ^ Karen Sanamyan & Claude Monniot (2013). Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X (eds.). "Microcosmus Heller, 1877". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 20, 2013.

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Tunicate genera

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Clade: Olfactores

Tunicata

| Appendicularia
(Larvacea)|

* Kowalevskia

Fritillariidae|

* Appendicularia
* Fritillaria
* Tectillaria

Oikopleuridae|

* Althoffia
* Bathochordaeus
* Chunopleura
* Folia
* Megalocercus
* Mesochordaeus
* Mesoikopleura
* Oikopleura
* Pelagopleura
* Sinisteroffia
* Stegosoma

Stolidobranchia
(Pleurogona)¹|

| Molgulidae|

* Anomopera
* Asajirus
* Bostrichobranchus
* Eugyra
* Fungulus
* Gamaster
* Minipera
* Molgula
* Molguloides
* Namiella
* Oligotrema
* Paramolgula
* Pareugyrioides
* Protomolgula
* Rhizomolgula

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Pyuridae|

* Bathypera
* Bathypyura
* Boltenia
* Bolteniopsis
* Claudenus
* Cratostigma
* Ctenyura
* Culeolus
* Halocynthia
* Hartmeyeria
* Hemistyela
* Herdmania
* Heterostigma
* Microcosmus
* Paraculeolus
* Pyura

Styelidae|

* Alloeocarpa
* Amphicarpa
* Arnbackia
* Asterocarpa
* Bathyoncus
* Bathystyeloides
* Berillia
* Botryllocarpa
* Botrylloides
* Botryllus
* Chorizocarpa
* Cnemidocarpa
* Dendrodoa
* Dextrocarpa
* Dicarpa
* Distomus
* Eusynstyela
* Gynandrocarpa
* Kukenthalia
* Metandrocarpa
* Monandrocarpa
* Oculinaria
* Oligocarpa
* Pelonaia
* Podostyela
* Polyandrocarpa
* Polycarpa
* Polyzoa
* Protostyela
* Psammostyela
* Seriocarpa
* Stolonica
* Styela
* Symplegma
* Syncarpa
* Theodorella
* Tibitin

Thaliacea|

| Pyrosomatidae|

* Pyrosoma
* Pyrosomella
* Pyrostremma

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Salpidae|

* Brooksia
* Cyclosalpa
* Helicosalpa
* Iasis
* Ihlea
* Metcalfina
* Pegea
* Ritteriella
* Salpa
* Soestia
* Thalia
* Thetys
* Traustedtia

Doliolida|

* Doliopsoides
* Paradoliopsis
* Pseudusa

Doliopsidae|

* Doliolula
* Doliopsis

Doliolidae|

* Dolioletta
* Doliolina
* Dolioloides
* Doliolum

Enterogona¹|

*     * see below↓

Enterogona

| Aplousobranchia|

* Euherdmania
* Placentela
* Stomozoa
* Vitrum

Clavelinidae|

* Clavelina
* Euclavella
* Nephtheis
* Pycnoclavella

Diazonidae|

* Diazona
* Pseudodiazona
* Pseudorhopalaea
* Rhopalaea
* Tylobranchion

Didemnidae|

* Atriolum
* Clitella
* Coelocormus
* Didemnum
* Diplosoma
* Leptoclinides
* Lissoclinum
* Polysyncraton
* Trididemnum

Holozoidae|

* Distaplia
* Hypodistoma
* Hypsistozoa
* Neodistoma
* Polydistoma
* Protoholozoa
* Pseudoplacentela
* Scotiazoa
* Sigillina
* Sycozoa

Polycitoridae|

* Archidistoma
* Brevicollus
* Cystodytes
* Eucoelium
* Eudistoma
* "Exostoma"
* Millarus
* Polycitor
* Polycitorella
* Rhombifera
* Salix

Polyclinidae|

* Aplidiopsis
* Aplidium
* Morchellioides
* Morchellium
* Neodictyon
* Polyclinella
* Polyclinum
* Sidneioides
* Synoicum

Protopolyclinidae|

* Condominium
* Monniotus
* Protopolyclinum

Pseudodistomidae|

* Anadistoma
* Citorclinum
* Pseudodistoma

Ritterellidae|

* Dumus
* Pharyngodictyon
* Ritterella

Phlebobranchia|

* Dimeatus
* Hypobythius

Agneziidae|

* Adagnesia
* Agnezia
* Caenagnesia
* Proagnesia
* Pterygascidia

Ascidiidae|

* Ascidia
* Ascidiella
* Fimbrora
* Phallusia
* Psammascidia

Cionidae|

* Araneum
* Ciona
* Tantillulum

Corellidae|

* Abyssascidia
* Chelyosoma
* Clatripes
* Corella
* Corelloides
* Corellopsis
* Corynascidia
* Dextrogaster
* Mysterascidia
* Rhodosoma
* Xenobranchion

Octacnemidae|

* Benthascidia
* Cibacapsa
* Cryptia
* Dicopia
* Kaikoja
* Megalodicopia
* Myopegma
* Octacnemus
* Polyoctacnemus
* Situla

Perophoridae|

* Ecteinascidia
* Perophora

Plurellidae|

* Microgastra
* Plurella

Tunicate-like fossils

| Ediacaran|

* Ausia
* Burykhia
* Finkoella
* Pharyngomorpha
* Yarnemia

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Cambrian|

* Cheungkongella
* Megasiphon
* Shankouclava

Later|

* Palaeoquadrum
* Quadrifolium
* Toscanisoma

Khmeriamorpha|

* Khmeria
* Zardinisoma

Ichnotaxa|

* Catellocaula

* ¹Part of the paraphyletic class Ascidiacea
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Taxon identifiers

Microcosmus|

* Wikidata: Q1192856
* Wikispecies: Microcosmus
* AFD: Microcosmus
* BOLD: 104611
* CoL: 7PHZ4
* GBIF: 2331426
* iNaturalist: 359131
* IRMNG: 1304531
* ITIS: 159521
* NBN: NBNSYS0000184184
* NCBI: 341085
* NZOR: f16debbf-7052-4de3-919a-e4d3b62449ea
* Open Tree of Life: 331381
* Plazi: BB593765-FFB5-E72D-FF6C-F8D7FE80F87A
* WoRMS: 103522
* ZooBank: 9BC17E6C-7438-40A7-9656-810394797656

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