Herdmania grandis

Herdmania grandis is a species of sea-squirt in the family Pyuridae.^[2]

Herdmania grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Stolidobranchia
Family:	Pyuridae
Genus:	Herdmania
Species:	H. grandis
Binomial name
Herdmania grandis (Heller, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
Cynthia complanata Herdman, 1881 Cynthia grandis Heller, 1878 Halocynthia grandis (Heller, 1878) Microcosmus draschi Herdman, 1891 Microcosmus julinii Drasche, 1884 Rhabdocynthia complanata (Herdman, 1882) Rhabdocynthia draschii (Herdman, 1891)

The first scientific description of the species was by Camill Heller in 1878 as Cynthia grandis from a specimen found in Port Jackson.^[2][3] It has been both recombined and redescribed many times, and the decision for synonymy is based on work by Patricia Kott in 2002.^[4]