Pyuridae
Halocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Halocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Halocynthia papillosa is a bumpy, sac-shaped tunicate found across multiple ocean regions that lives on rocky substrates.
Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906
Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906
Halocynthia igaboja (the sea hedgehog) is a large spiny solitary tunicate found in the northern Pacific.
Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787)
Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787)
Halocynthia aurantium, the sea peach, is a northern Pacific tunicate species preyed on by crabs and sea stars.
Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878)
Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878)
Pyura stolonifera is a large solitary ascidian found in temperate southern African coastal marine waters from intertidal to 10m depth.
Pyura spinifera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Pyura spinifera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Pyura spinifera, the sea tulip, is a colorful sessile filter-feeding ascidian found in coastal waters up to 80m deep.
Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864)
Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864)
Pyura haustor is a globular sea squirt native to the northeastern Pacific, found from Alaska to Southern California.
Pyura gibbosa (Heller, 1878)
Pyura gibbosa (Heller, 1878)
Pyura gibbosa is a sessile subtropical Australian sea squirt in the family Pyuridae, first described in 1878 by Camill Heller.
Pyura pachydermatina (Herdman, 1881)
Pyura pachydermatina (Herdman, 1881)
Pyura pachydermatina is a large, club-shaped tunicate native to the shallow cool seas around New Zealand.
Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782
Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782
Pyura chilensis is a vanadium-accumulating tunicate found off the coasts of Chile and Peru with unconfirmed claims of effects on human reproduction.
Pyura praeputialis (Heller, 1878)
Pyura praeputialis (Heller, 1878)
Pyura praeputialis, the cunjevoi tunicate, is native to Australian coasts and a notable ecosystem engineering marine species.
Boltenia villosa (Stimpson, 1864)
Boltenia villosa (Stimpson, 1864)
Boltenia villosa is a solitary barrel-shaped tunicate found in the northeastern Pacific and Arctic Oceans.
Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)
Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)
Herdmania momus, the red-throated ascidian, is a common sessile filter-feeding solitary ascidian found on rocks at 3–50m depth.
Herdmania grandis (Heller, 1878)
Herdmania grandis (Heller, 1878)
Herdmania grandis is a sea squirt species in the family Pyuridae, first described in 1878 with current synonymy based on 2002 work.
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