Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Herdmania pallida
Tunicado, Tunicate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ascidiacea
Order
Stolidobranchia
Suborder
Stolidobranchia
Family
Pyuridae
Genus
Herdmania
Species
pallida
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cynthia pallida Heller, 1878, Cynthia rosea Sluiter, 1887, Halocynthia pallida (Heller, 1878), Pyura ceylonica (Herdman, 1906), Pyura momus f. pallida Michaelsen, 1934, Pyura pallida (Heller, 1878), Rhabdocynthia ceylonica Herdman, 1906, Rhabdocynthia pallida (Heller, 1878) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Herdmania pallida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19169. Accessed 4 November 2026.