Polycarpa

Polycarpa
Polycarpa aurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Stolidobranchia
Family:	Styelidae
Genus:	Polycarpa Heller, 1877
Species
See text

Polycarpa is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.

Species within the genus Polycarpa include: ^[1]

• Polycarpa aernbaeckae Monniot, 1964
• Polycarpa albatrossi (Van Name, 1912)
• Polycarpa albopunctata (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa ambonensis (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa appropinquata (Sluiter, 1898)
• Polycarpa arenosa Monniot & Monniot, 1976
• Polycarpa argentata (Sluiter, 1890)
• Polycarpa arnbackae Monniot F., 1964
• Polycarpa arnoldi (Michaelsen, 1914)
• Polycarpa aspera (Herdman, 1886)
• Polycarpa astromarginata Monniot & Monniot, 2003
• Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
• Polycarpa beuziti Monniot, 1970
• Polycarpa biforis (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa biscayensis Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1974
• Polycarpa camptos Monniot & Monniot, 2001
• Polycarpa captiosa (Sluiter, 1885)
• Polycarpa carpocincta Monniot & Monniot, 2003
• Polycarpa cartilaginea (Sluiter, 1898)
• Polycarpa caudata Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1974
• Polycarpa chinensis (Tokioka, 1967)
• Polycarpa clavata Hartmeyer, 1919
• Polycarpa colletti Herdman, 1906
• Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)
• Polycarpa conchilega (Fleming, 1822)
• Polycarpa contecta (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa cornogi Glemarec & Monniot, 1966
• Polycarpa cryptocarpa (Sluiter, 1885)
• Polycarpa cylindrocarpa Tokioka, 1970
• Polycarpa decipiens Herdman, 1906
• Polycarpa delta Monniot & Monniot, 1968
• Polycarpa directa Kott, 1990
• Polycarpa discoidea Heller, 1877
• Polycarpa distomaphila Millar, 1953
• Polycarpa divisa (Ostroumov & Pavlenko, 1911)
• Polycarpa ecuadorensis Millar, 1988
• Polycarpa ehrenbergi Hartmeyer, 1916
• Polycarpa errans Hartmeyer, 1909
• Polycarpa fibrosa (Stimpson, 1852)
• Polycarpa flava Kott, 1985
• Polycarpa foresti Monniot, 1970
• Polycarpa fungiformis Herdman, 1898
• Polycarpa glebosa (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa goreensis (Michaelsen, 1914)
• Polycarpa gracilis Heller, 1877
• Polycarpa gradata Monniot, 2002
• Polycarpa granosa Tokioka, 1953
• Polycarpa hartmeyeri Michaelsen, 1927
• Polycarpa inchacae Monniot & Monniot, 1976
• Polycarpa indiana Monniot & Monniot, 1985
• Polycarpa inhacae Monniot & Monniot, 1976
• Polycarpa insulsa (Sluiter, 1898)
• Polycarpa intonata Kott, 1985
• Polycarpa irregularis Herdman, 1881
• Polycarpa itapoa Rocha & Moreno, 2000
• Polycarpa itera Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1977
• Polycarpa kapala Kott, 1990
• Polycarpa kornogi Glémarec & Monniot C., 1966
• Polycarpa longicarpa Tokioka, 1952
• Polycarpa longiformis Tokioka, 1952
• Polycarpa longitubis Monniot, Monniot & Leung Tack, 1987
• Polycarpa macra Monniot & Monniot, 1991
• Polycarpa maculata Hartmeyer, 1906
• Polycarpa madagascariensis (Michaelsen, 1912)
• Polycarpa mamillaris (Gaertner, 1774)
• Polycarpa maruhi Monniot & Monniot, 1987
• Polycarpa melanosiphonica Tokioka, 1967
• Polycarpa minuta Herdman, 1881
• Polycarpa molguloides Herdman, 1882
• Polycarpa muelleri Brunetti, 2007
• Polycarpa multiplicata Monniot, 1983
• Polycarpa mytiligera (Savigny, 1816)
• Polycarpa natalensis (Sluiter, 1898)
• Polycarpa nigerrima Monniot & Monniot, 2001
• Polycarpa nigricans Heller, 1878
• Polycarpa nota Kott, 1985
• Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878
• Polycarpa offa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1988
• Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890)
• Polycarpa ovata Pizon, 1908
• Polycarpa palaonensis Tokioka, 1950
• Polycarpa palinorosa (Sluiter, 1895)
• Polycarpa palkensis Herdman, 1906
• Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Polycarpa papyra Kott, 1985
• Polycarpa patens (Sluiter, 1885)
• Polycarpa pedunculata Heller, 1878
• Polycarpa pegasis Michaelsen, 1922
• Polycarpa pentarhiza Monniot F., 1965
• Polycarpa perstellata Monniot & Monniot, 2003
• Polycarpa pigmentata (Herdman, 1906)
• Polycarpa plantei Monniot, 2002
• Polycarpa plenovata Kott, 1985
• Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
• Polycarpa porculus Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1979
• Polycarpa pori Monniot, 2002
• Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)
• Polycarpa producta Monniot & Monniot, 2003
• Polycarpa psammodes (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa psammotesta Tokioka, 1953
• Polycarpa pseudoalbatrossi Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1968
• Polycarpa pulvinum Monniot, 1969
• Polycarpa pusilla (Herdman, 1884)
• Polycarpa pustulosa (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa quadricarpa Millar, 1953
• Polycarpa reniformis (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa reviviscens Monniot & Monniot, 2001
• Polycarpa richeri Monniot, 1987
• Polycarpa rigida Herdman, 1881
• Polycarpa rima Monniot & Monniot, 1996
• Polycarpa rockallensis Millar, 1982
• Polycarpa rubida (Sluiter, 1898)
• Polycarpa scuba Monniot C., 1971
• Polycarpa seges Kott, 2009
• Polycarpa simplex Tokioka, 1950
• Polycarpa simplicigona Millar, 1975
• Polycarpa sobria (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa sourieri Peres, 1949
• Polycarpa spiralis (Sluiter, 1885)
• Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
• Polycarpa stirpes Kott, 1985
• Polycarpa suesana Michaelsen, 1919
• Polycarpa takarazima Tokioka, 1954
• Polycarpa tenera Lacaze-Duthiers & Delage, 1892
• Polycarpa thelyphanes (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa tinctor (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Polycarpa tinctorella Kott, 1985
• Polycarpa tokiokai Monniot & Monniot, 1996
• Polycarpa translucida (Peres, 1951)
• Polycarpa triruga Monniot & Monniot, 2003
• Polycarpa tumida Heller, 1878
• Polycarpa twynami Herdman, 1906
• Polycarpa urmeli Sanamyan & Hissmann, 2008
• Polycarpa vankampeni Sluiter, 1919
• Polycarpa violacea (Alder, 1863)
• Polycarpa viridis Herdman, 1880
• Polycarpa willisi Herdman, 1906
• Polycarpa zeteta Millar, 1982

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

• Polycarpa abjornseniMichaelsen, 1927: synonym of Polyandrocarpa abjornseni (Michaelsen, 1928)
• Polycarpa anguinea(Sluiter, 1898): synonym of Polyandrocarpa anguinea (Sluiter, 1898)
• Polycarpa attollensHerdman, 1899: synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Polycarpa bassiHerdman, 1886: synonym of Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878
• Polycarpa capricorniaKott, 1952: synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Polycarpa circumarata(Sluiter, 1904): synonym of Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
• Polycarpa coccusMichaelsen, 1919: synonym of Eusynstyela miniata (Sluiter, 1905)
• Polycarpa crossogonimaMillar, 1962: synonym of Polycarpa arnoldi (Michaelsen, 1914)
• Polycarpa curtaHerdman, 1884: synonym of Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)
• Polycarpa doderleiniHartmeyer, 1906: synonym of Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)
• Polycarpa doderleiniiHartmeyer, 1906: synonym of Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)
• Polycarpa doederleiniHartmeyer, 1906: synonym of Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)
• Polycarpa elataHeller, 1878: synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Polycarpa erectaPizon, 1908: synonym of Polycarpa nigricans Heller, 1878
• Polycarpa finmarckiensis : synonym of Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893)
• Polycarpa finmarkiensisKiaer, 1893: synonym of Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893)
• Polycarpa formosaHerdman, 1884: synonym of Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)
• Polycarpa fristedtiMichaelsen, 1923: synonym of Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)
• Polycarpa informis(Forbes, 1848): synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
• Polycarpa intermediaHartmeyer, 1919: synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Polycarpa intestinataKott, 1952: synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Polycarpa iwayamaeTokioka, 1950: synonym of Polycarpa argentata (Sluiter, 1890)
• Polycarpa liberaKiaer, 1893: synonym of Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)
• Polycarpa longisiphonicaHerdman, 1881: synonym of Polycarpa rigida Herdman, 1881
• Polycarpa lucillaKott, 1985: synonym of Polycarpa hartmeyeri Michaelsen, 1927
• Polycarpa marchadiMonniot, 1969: synonym of Polycarpa goreensis (Michaelsen, 1914)
• Polycarpa marioniPeres, 1951: synonym of Polycarpa goreensis (Michaelsen, 1914)
• Polycarpa mayeriTraustedt, 1883: synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
• Polycarpa miniata(Sluiter, 1905): synonym of Eusynstyela miniata (Sluiter, 1905)
• Polycarpa moebiiMichaelsen, 1905: synonym of Polycarpa viridis Herdman, 1880
• Polycarpa monoceros(Moeller, 1842): synonym of Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767
• Polycarpa multiphialaVerrill, 1900: synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
• Polycarpa mutilansHerdman, 1906: synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Polycarpa nivosa(Sluiter, 1898): synonym of Polycarpa anguinea (Sluiter, 1898)
• Polycarpa obtectaTraustedt, 1883: synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
• Polycarpa palinorsa(Sluiter, 1895): synonym of Polycarpa palinorosa (Sluiter, 1895)
• Polycarpa pedataHerdman, 1881: synonym of Cnemidocarpa pedata (Herdman, 1881)
• Polycarpa pictetiPizon, 1908: synonym of Polycarpa pigmentata (Herdman, 1906)
• Polycarpa pilellaHerdman, 1881: synonym of Polyandrocarpa pilella (Herdman, 1881)
• Polycarpa polyphlebodesHartmeyer, 1919: synonym of Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
• Polycarpa quadrataHerdman, 1881: synonym of Cnemidocarpa quadrata (Herdman, 1881)
• Polycarpa radicataHerdman, 1881: synonym of Polycarpa pedunculata Heller, 1878
• Polycarpa rugosaDrasche, 1884: synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
• Polycarpa rustica(Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767
• Polycarpa sabulosaHeller, 1877: synonym of Polycarpa gracilis Heller, 1877
• Polycarpa seriataMichaelsen, 1905: synonym of Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890)
• Polycarpa seychellensis(Michaelsen, 1912): synonym of Polycarpa mytiligera (Savigny, 1816)
• Polycarpa sigmilineataMillar, 1975: synonym of Polycarpa decipiens Herdman, 1906
• Polycarpa sluiteriHerdman, 1899: synonym of Polycarpa rigida Herdman, 1881
• Polycarpa solvens(Sluiter, 1895): synonym of Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890)
• Polycarpa steindachneriMichaelsen, 1919: synonym of Eusynstyela miniata (Sluiter, 1905)
• Polycarpa sulcataHerdman, 1882: synonym of Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Polycarpa thelypanes(Sluiter, 1904): synonym of Polycarpa thelyphanes (Sluiter, 1904)
• Polycarpa unilineataKott, 1952: synonym of Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878
• Polycarpa variansHeller, 1877: synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)

References

1. Sanamyan, K. (2015). Polycarpa Heller, 1877 . 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 2015-12-23