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.

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
* uBio: 592980
* WoRMS: 103522
* ZooBank: 9BC17E6C-7438-40A7-9656-810394797656

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