Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pyrocystis is Pyrocystis pseudonoctiluca Wyville-Thompson (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Asia, Atlantic Islands, Europe, N. America, S. America, Middle East, South-west Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands/Pacific Ocean and Galapagos Island (Carnicer et al., 2019; Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

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