Halocynthia

Halocynthia is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Pyuridae. Species such as H. roretzi are eaten in parts of Asia as a delicacy.

Species within the genus Halocynthia include: Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787) Halocynthia breviramosa Sluiter, 1904 Halocynthia cactus (Oka, 1932) Halocynthia dumosa (Stimpson, 1855) Halocynthia hilgendorfi (Traustedt, 1885) Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906 Halocynthia igaguri Tokioka, 1953 Halocynthia microspinosa (Van Name, 1921) Halocynthia okai Ritter, 1907 Halocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767) Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke, 1806) Halocynthia roretzi (Drasche, 1884) Halocynthia simaensis Tokioka, 1949 Halocynthia spinosa Sluiter, 1905 Halocynthia turboga (Oka, 1929)