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Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Pyuridae

Genus: Pyura

(See list of species below)

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85 species (see list below)
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Pyura abradata
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Pyura ambonensis
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Pyura antillarum
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Pyura arenosa
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Pyura aripuensis
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Pyura australis
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Pyura baliensis
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Periantarctic.
Max. Length 3.5 cm BL
Pyura bouvetensis(Michaelsen, 1904)

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Pyura bouvetensis
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Pyura breviramosa
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Pyura camranica
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Pyura capensis
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Pyura chilensis
[Edible sea squirt]
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Pyura columna
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Pyura comma
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Pyura confragosa
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Pyura corallina
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Pyura crassacapitata
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Pyura crinita
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Pyura curvigona
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Pyura discoveryi(Herdman, 1910)

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Pyura discoveryi
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OCEANA

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Pyura duraHeller, 1877

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Pyura dura
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Pyura elongata
[Elongated tunicate]
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Pyura fissa
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Max. Length 6.5 cm WD
 
Pyura gangelion
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Pyura georgiana
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Pyura gibbosa
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Max. Length 7.5 cm WD
 
Pyura haustor
[Warty tunicate]
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Pyura hebridensis
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Pyura herdmanni
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Pyura honu
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Pyura hupferi
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Pyura inopinata
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Max. Length 1.1 cm TL
 
Pyura irregularis
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Pyura isobella
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Pyura lanka
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Pyura legumen
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Pyura lepidoderma
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Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Pyura lignosa
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Pyura littoralis
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Pyura lutea
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Pyura lycoperdon
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Pyura mariscata
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Pyura microcosmus
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Pyura millari
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Pyura mirabilis
[Aladdin's lamp tunicate]
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Pyura mozambica
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Pyura mulguloides
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Max. Length 4.5 cm WD
 
Pyura multiruga
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Pyura munita
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Pyura navicula
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Max. Length 22 cm TL
 
Pyura obesa
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Pyura ostreophila
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Pyura pachydermatina
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Pyura paessleri
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Pyura pantex
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Pyura picta
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Max. Length 3 cm WD
 
Pyura pilosa
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Pyura polycarpa
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Pyura praeputialis
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Pyura praia
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Pyura pulla
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Pyura rapaformis
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Pyura robusta
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Pyura sacciformis
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Pyura sansibarica
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Pyura scortea
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Pyura setosa
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Pyura shiinoi
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Pyura spinifera
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Pyura spinosa
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Pyura squamata
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Pyura squamulosa
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Max. Length 40 cm TL
 
Pyura stolonifera
[Red bait]
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Pyura stubenrauchi
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Pyura styeliformis
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Pyura subuculata
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Pyura tasmanensis
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Pyura tessellata
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Max. Length 2.5 cm WD
 
Pyura tongaea
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Pyura tunica
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Pyura turqueti
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Pyura typica
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Pyura uatio
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Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Pyura viarecta
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Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Pyura vittata
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