Pyrosoma atlanticum is a pelagic species of marine colonial tunicate in the class Thaliacea found in temperate waters worldwide. The name of the genus...

of Marine Species: Pyrosoma aherniosum Seeliger, 1895 Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Pyrosoma godeauxi van Soest, 1981 Pyrosoma ovatum Neumann, 1909...

than one inch (2 cm) to 2.4 inches (6 cm). The largest thaliacean, Pyrosoma atlanticum, is cylindrical and can grow up to 60 cm (2 ft) long and 4–6 cm wide...

Garstang 1929 [Propyrosoma Ivanova-Kazas 1962] Subfamily Pyrosomatinae Genus Pyrosoma Péron 1804 [Dipleurosoma Brooks 1906] Genus Pyrosomella van Soest 1979...

Pyrosoma atlanticum, a tunicate, is a colony of zooids...

(2019). "Distribution of pelagic thaliaceans, Thetys vagina and Pyrosoma atlanticum, during a period of mass occurrence within the California Current"...

oil pipeline off the Ivory Coast. Large numbers of the tunicate Pyrosoma atlanticum were involved, the moribund carcasses sinking to the seabed and accumulating...

of jelly-falls may be underestimated. Biological pump Jellyfish Pyrosoma atlanticum Whale fall Deep sea community Dead zone Lebrato, Mario; Pitt, Kylie...

have also been noted to feed on bioluminescent pyrosomes such as Pyrosoma atlanticum. It is thought that the foraging strategy of sperm whales for bioluminescent...

Lebrato, M. & Jones, D. O. B. (2009). "Mass deposition event of Pyrosoma atlanticum carcasses off Ivory Coast (West Africa)" (PDF). Limnology and Oceanography...

Lebrato, M.; Jones, D. O. B. (2009). "Mass deposition event of Pyrosoma atlanticum carcasses off Ivory Coast (West Africa)". Limnology and Oceanography...

the Australian mainland and Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.) Pyrosoma atlanticum Atlantic salp (Peron, 1804) (Western Australia to southern Queensland...

to ingest gelatinous zooplankton such as the colonial tunicates Pyrosoma atlanticum, the hydrozoan Velella velella, and the ctenophore Pleurobrachia...