Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Halocynthia dumosa
tunicado, Tunicate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Stolidobranchia
Suborder
Stolidobranchia
Family
Pyuridae
Genus
Halocynthia
Species
dumosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Halocynthia hispida (Herdman, 1881) fide Appeltans et al. (2013)
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2013) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Carlton, J. T. Keith, I., & Ruiz, G. M. (2019) Assessing marine bioinvasions in the Galápagos islands: Implications for conservation biology and marine protected areas. Aquatic Invasions, 14(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.1.01
- Lambert, G. (2019) Fouling ascidians (Chordata: Ascidiacea) of the Galápagos: Santa Cruz and Baltra Islands Aquatic Invasion, Volume 14, Issue 1: 132–149
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"Galapagos Species Database, Halocynthia dumosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17967. Accessed 3 November 2026.