Sea peach
Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787)
- Name authority
- (Pallas, 1787)
- Common name
- Sea peach
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Stolidobranchia
- Family
- Pyuridae
- Genus
- Halocynthia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumTunicata
- classAscidiacea Blainville, 1824
- orderStolidobranchia Lahille, 1886
- familyPyuridae Hartmeyer, 1908
- genusHalocynthia Verrill, 1879
- speciesHalocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Halocynthia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Halocynthia breviramosa Sluiter, 1904 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halocynthia dumosa (Stimpson, 1855) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halocynthia hilgendorfi (Traustedt, 1885) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halocynthia microspinosa (Van Name, 1921) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halocynthia okai Ritter, 1907 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halocynthia simaensis Tokioka, 1949 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halocynthia cactus (Oka, 1932) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halocynthia igaguri Tokioka, 1953 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| red sea-squirtHalocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sea peachHalocynthia pyriformis (Rathke, 1806) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Korean common sea squirtHalocynthia roretzi (Drasche, 1884) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Halocynthia deani (Ritter, 1900) (Ritter, 1900) | synonym |
| Tethyum aurantium (Pallas, 1787) (Pallas, 1787) | synonym |
| Cynthia deani Ritter, 1900 Ritter, 1900 | synonym |
| Cynthia superba Ritter, 1900 Ritter, 1900 | synonym |
| Halocynthia superba (Ritter, 1900) (Ritter, 1900) | synonym |
| Pyura aurantium (Pallas, 1787) (Pallas, 1787) | synonym |
| Ascidia aurantium Pallas, 1787 Pallas, 1787 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250674 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3JF47. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.