Herdmania mauritiana (Drasche, 1884)
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
- Herdmania mauritiana (Drasche, 1884)
- Name authority
- (Drasche, 1884)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Stolidobranchia
- Family
- Pyuridae
- Genus
- Herdmania
- 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
- genusHerdmania Lahille, 1888
- speciesHerdmania mauritiana (Drasche, 1884)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Herdmania. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Herdmania armata Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania colona Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2003 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania japonica (Hartmeyer, 1909) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania mentula Kott, 2002 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania pallida (Heller, 1878) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania papietensis (Herdman, 1882) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania polyducta (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1989) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania inflata (Van Name, 1918) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania ennurensis Das, 1940 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania andamanensis Mondal, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania coutieri Monniot C., 2002 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Cynthia mauritiana Drasche, 1884 Drasche, 1884 | synonym |
| Herdmania insolita Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001 Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001 | 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=250694 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:3KYJY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.