Boltenia

Boltenia
	Boltenia ovifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Stolidobranchia
Family:	Pyuridae
Genus:	Boltenia; Savigny, 1816
Species
	See text

Boltenia is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Pyuridae.

Species within the genus Boltenia include:^[1]

Boltenia africana Millar, 1962
Boltenia echinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia hirta Monniot & Monniot, 1977
Boltenia iburi (Oka, 1934)
Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia pilosa (Millar, 1955)
Boltenia polyplacoderma Lambert, 1993
Boltenia transversaria (Sluiter, 1904)
Boltenia villosa (Stimpson, 1864)
Boltenia yossiloya Shenkar & Lambert, 2010

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

Boltenia antarctica Beneden & Selys-Longchamps, 1913: synonym of Pyura georgiana (Michaelsen, 1898)
Boltenia arctica (Hartmeyer, 1899): synonym of Boltenia echinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia australiensis Carter, 1885: synonym of Pyura spinifera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Boltenia australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834: synonym of Pyura australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Boltenia beringi Dall, 1872: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia beringia Dall, 1872: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia bolteni (Linnaeus, 1771): synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia bouvetensis Michaelsen, 1904: synonym of Pyura bouvetensis (Michaelsen, 1904)
Boltenia burkhardti Binney, 1870: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia carnea : synonym of Pyura carnea Brewin, 1948
Boltenia ciliata Moeller, 1842: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia clavata Mueller, 1776: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia coacta Gould, 1852: synonym of Pyura legumen (Lesson, 1830)
Boltenia coarcta Gould, 1852: synonym of Pyura legumen (Lesson, 1830)
Boltenia elegans Herdman, 1881: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia fusiformis Savigny, 1816: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia georgiana Michaelsen, 1898: synonym of Pyura georgiana (Michaelsen, 1898)
Boltenia gibbosa (Heller, 1878): synonym of Pyura gibbosa (Heller, 1878)
Boltenia hirsuta (Agassiz, 1850): synonym of Boltenia echinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia legumen Lesson, 1830: synonym of Pyura legumen (Lesson, 1830)
Boltenia microcosmus Agassiz, 1850: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia oviformis (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia pachydermatina Herdman, 1881: synonym of Pyura pachydermatina (Herdman, 1881)
Boltenia pedunculata Hutton, 1873: synonym of Pyura pachydermatina (Herdman, 1881)
Boltenia reniformis MacLeay, 1825: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia rubra Stimpson, 1852: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia salebrosa Sluiter, 1905: synonym of Pyura bouvetensis (Michaelsen, 1904)
Boltenia scotti Herdman, 1910: synonym of Pyura bouvetensis (Michaelsen, 1904)
Boltenia spinifera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834): synonym of Pyura spinifera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Boltenia spinosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834): synonym of Pyura spinifera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Boltenia thompsoni Hartmeyer, 1903: synonym of Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Boltenia tuberculata Herdman, 1891: synonym of Pyura spinifera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Boltenia turqueti Sluiter, 1905: synonym of Pyura bouvetensis (Michaelsen, 1904)

References[edit]

^ Sanamyan, K. (2015). Boltenia Savigny, 1816 . In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2015) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-29.

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[1] Sanamyan, K. (2015). Boltenia Savigny, 1816 . In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2015) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-29.

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