Polycarpa pomaria

Polycarpa pomaria
The sea squirt Polycarpa pomaria, Gulen, Norway.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Styelidae
Genus: Polycarpa
Species:
P. pomaria
Binomial name
Polycarpa pomaria
(Savigny, 1816) [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cynthia granulata Alder, 1863
  • Cynthia pomaria Savigny, 1816
  • Cynthia quadrangularis (Forbes, 1848)
  • Cynthia sulcatula Alder, 1863
  • Cynthia tuberosa MacGillivray, 1844
  • Pandocia pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
  • Polycarpa informis (Forbes, 1848)
  • Polycarpa mayeri Traustedt, 1883
  • Polycarpa varians Heller, 1877
  • Pyura scabriscula Sars, 1870
  • Styela apalina Alder & Hancock, 1907
  • Styela granulata (Alder, 1863)
  • Styela informis Forbes, 1848
  • Styela opalina Alder, 1863
  • Styela quadrangularis Forbes, 1848
  • Styela sulcatula (Alder, 1863)
  • Styela tuberosa (MacGillivray, 1844)

Polycarpa pomaria is a species of tunicate or sea squirt in the family Styelidae. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it lives on the seabed at depths down to about 450 metres (1,500 ft).

  1. ^ a b Karen Sanamyan (2012). Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X (eds.). "Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-06-08.