Polycarpa gracilis Heller, 1877
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
- Polycarpa gracilis Heller, 1877
- Name authority
- Heller, 1877
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Stolidobranchia
- Family
- Styelidae
- Genus
- Polycarpa
- 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
- familyStyelidae Herdman, 1881
- genusPolycarpa Heller, 1877
- speciesPolycarpa gracilis Heller, 1877
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Polycarpa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Polycarpa albopunctata (Sluiter, 1904) | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa ambonensis (Sluiter, 1904) | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa argentata (Sluiter, 1890) | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa arnbackae Monniot F., 1964 | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa aspera (Herdman, 1886) | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa atromarginata Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2003 | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890) | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa beuziti Monniot C., 1970 | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa biscayensis Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1974 | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa captiosa (Sluiter, 1885) | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polycarpa caudata Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1974 | StyelidaeChordata | 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 |
|---|---|
| Polycarpa sabulosa Heller, 1877 Heller, 1877 | 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.
- Heller, C. (1877). Untersuchungen über die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittelmeeres. Denkschriften Der Kaiserlichen Academie Der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien, 37: 241–275, plates I–VII. 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:4L36L. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.