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Family: Pyuridae



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230 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Bathypera feminalba
[Tiny white tunicate]
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Bathypera goreaui
[]
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Bathypera hastaefera
[]
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Bathypera ovoida
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic and So
Max. Length 10 cm WD
Bathypera splendens Michaelsen, 1904

Photo by Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Bathypera splendens
[]
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Bathypyura asymetrica
[]
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Bathypyura celata
[]
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Boltenia africana
[]
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Boltenia carnea
[]
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Max. Length 2 cm WD
 
Boltenia echinata
[Spiny-tipped tunicate]
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Boltenia hirta
[]

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris

Northern Atlantic, Northe
Max. Length 8 cm BL
Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Boltenia ovifera
[Stalked tunicate]
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Boltenia pilosa
[]
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Boltenia polyplacoderma
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm WD
 
Boltenia villosa
[Spiny-headed sea squirt]
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Bolteniopsis pacificus
[]
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Bolteniopsis perlucidus
[]
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Bolteniopsis prenanti
[]
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Bolteniopsis sessilis
[]
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Claudenus antipodus
[]
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Claudenus appendiculata
[]
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Cratostigma campoyi
[]
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Cratostigma gravellophila
[]
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Cratostigma intermedia
[]
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Cratostigma regularis
[]
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Cratostigma simplex
[]
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Cratostigma singularis
[]
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Cratostigma vestigialis
[]
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Ctenyura comma
[]
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Ctenyura intermedia
[]
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Ctenyura tetraplexa
[]
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Ctenyura tortuosa
[]
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Culeolus annulatus
[]
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Culeolus anonymus
[]
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Max. Length 3.6 cm BASL
 
Culeolus antarcticus
[]
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Culeolus caudatus
[]
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Culeolus easteri
[Tunicates]
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Culeolus elegans
[]
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Culeolus gigas
[]
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Culeolus herdmani
[]
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Culeolus hospitalis
[]
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Culeolus likae
[]
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Max. Length 6.5 cm BL
 
Culeolus longipedunculatus
[]
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Culeolus moseley
[]
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Culeolus murrayi
[]
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Culeolus nadejdae
[]
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Culeolus parvus
[]
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Culeolus pinguis
[]
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Culeolus pyramidalis
[]
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Culeolus quadrula
[]
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Max. Length 1.3 cm BASL
 
Culeolus recumbens
[]
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Culeolus robustus
[]
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Culeolus sluiteri
[]
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Max. Length 28 cm BASL
 
Culeolus suhmi
[]
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Max. Length 10 cm BL
 
Culeolus tenuis
[]
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Culeolus thysanotus
[]
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Culeolus wyville-thomsoni
[]

Photo by Miller, Todd

Arctic and Northern Pacif
Max. Length 15 cm H
Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787)

Photo by Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Halocynthia aurantium
[Pacific sea peach]
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Halocynthia cactus
[]
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Max. Length 0.8 cm TL
 
Halocynthia dumosa
[Spiny sea squirt]
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Halocynthia hilgendorfi
[]
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Max. Length 0.1 cm TL
 
Halocynthia igaboja
[Bristly tunicate]
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Halocynthia johnsoni
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Halocynthia microspinosa
[]
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Halocynthia momus
[]
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Halocynthia okai
[]
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Halocynthia owstoni
[]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Atlantic, Western Pacific

Halocynthia papillosa (Gunnerus, 1765)

Photo by Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Halocynthia papillosa
[]

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris

Northern Atlantic, Northw
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke, 1806)

Photo by Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Halocynthia pyriformis
[Sea peach]
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Halocynthia ritteri
[]

Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan

Northwest Pacific

Halocynthia roretzi (Drasche)

Photo by Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan
 
Halocynthia roretzi
[Korean common sea squirt]
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Halocynthia spinosa
[]
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Hartmeyeria arctica
[]
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Hartmeyeria bouilloni
[]
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Hartmeyeria chinensis
[]
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Hartmeyeria formosa
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm WD
 
Hartmeyeria hupferi
[]
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Hartmeyeria monarchica
[]
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Hartmeyeria orientalis
[]
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Hartmeyeria triangularis
[]
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Herdmania armata
[]
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Herdmania colona
[]
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Herdmania columna
[]
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Herdmania contorta
[]
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Herdmania coutieri
[]
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Herdmania curvata
[]
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Herdmania fimbriae
[]
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Max. Length 16 cm WD
 
Herdmania grandis
[]
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Herdmania inflata
[]
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Herdmania insolita
[]
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Herdmania japonica
[]
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Herdmania kiiensis
[]
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Herdmania mentula
[]

Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan

Indo-West Pacific, Atlant
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)

Photo by Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan
 
Herdmania momus
[Herdman's sea squirt]
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Max. Length 9 cm WD
 
Herdmania pallida
[]
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Max. Length 1.6 cm WD
 
Herdmania pennata
[]
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Herdmania polyducta
[]
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Herdmania subpallida
[]
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Heterostigma fagei
[]
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Heterostigma gonochorica
[]
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Heterostigma mediterranea
[]
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Heterostigma melitensis
[]
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Heterostigma reptans
[]
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Heterostigma separ
[]
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Heterostigma singulare
[]
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Microcosmus agglutinans
[]
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Microcosmus anchylodeirus
[]
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Microcosmus anomalocarpus
[]
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Microcosmus arenaceus
[]
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Microcosmus australis
[]
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Microcosmus bitunicatus
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm WD
 
Microcosmus claudicans
[]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm WD
 
Microcosmus curvus
[]
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Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
 
Microcosmus exasperatus
[]
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Microcosmus formosa
[]
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Microcosmus glacialis
[]
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Microcosmus helleri
[]
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Microcosmus hernius
[]
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Microcosmus hirsutus
[]
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Microcosmus longicloa
[]
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Max. Length 1.6 cm WD
 
Microcosmus madagascariensis
[]
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Microcosmus manaarensis
[]
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Microcosmus miniaceus
[]
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Microcosmus multiplicatus
[]
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Microcosmus nudistigma
[]
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Microcosmus oligophyllus
[]
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Microcosmus pacificus
[]
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Microcosmus pedunculatus
[]
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Microcosmus planus
[]

Photo by FAO

Atlantic and the Mediterr
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Microcosmus polymorphus Heller, 1877

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Microcosmus polymorphus
[]
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Microcosmus propinquus
[]
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Microcosmus psammiferus
[]
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Max. Length 3 cm WD
 
Microcosmus pupa
[]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Microcosmus sabatieri Roule, 1885

Photo by Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Microcosmus sabatieri
[]
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Microcosmus santoensis
[]
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Microcosmus savignyi
[]

Photo by Ulman, Aylin

Cosmopolitan.
Max. Length 5 cm COLD
Microcosmus squamiger Michaelsen, 1927

Photo by Photo by Ulman, Aylin
 
Microcosmus squamiger
[Scaly tunicate]
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Microcosmus stoloniferus
[]
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Microcosmus sulcatus
[]
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Microcosmus trigonimus
[]
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Microcosmus tuberculatus
[]
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Microcosmus vesiculosus
[]

Photo by FAO

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Microcosmus vulgaris Heller, 1877

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Microcosmus vulgaris
[]
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Paraculeolus bicristatus
[]
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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
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

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

Photo by Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
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
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Pyura discoveryi (Herdman, 1910)

Photo by Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Pyura discoveryi
[]
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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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Max. Length 0.7 cm H
 
Pyurella hernia
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bathypera feminalba Tiny white tunicate Northeast Pacific 2 TL 1995
Bathypera goreaui Western Central Atlantic 1974
Bathypera hastaefera Antarctica. 1962
Bathypera ovoida Pacific Ocean. 1907
Bathypera splendens Antarctic Atlantic and So 10 WD 1904
Bathypyura asymetrica Pacific Ocean and Western 1971
Bathypyura celata Northeast Atlantic 1973
Boltenia africana Southeast Atlantic 1962
Boltenia carnea Southeast Atlantic
Boltenia echinata Spiny-tipped tunicate Northern Pacific, Norther 2 WD 1767
Boltenia hirta Antarctic, sub-Antarctic 1977
Boltenia ovifera Stalked tunicate Northern Atlantic, Northe 8 BL 1767
Boltenia pilosa Atlantic Ocean and Indian 1955
Boltenia polyplacoderma Eastern Central Pacific 1993
Boltenia villosa Spiny-headed sea squirt Arctic to Northern Pacifi 2.5 WD 1864
Bolteniopsis pacificus Western Central Pacific 1989
Bolteniopsis perlucidus Indian Ocean. 1985
Bolteniopsis prenanti Atlantic and the Mediterr 1927
Bolteniopsis sessilis Northern Atlantic 1970
Claudenus antipodus Eastern Indian Ocean 1972
Claudenus appendiculata Mediterranean. 1877
Cratostigma campoyi Mediterranean. 1988
Cratostigma gravellophila Northeast Atlantic and th 1955
Cratostigma intermedia Northeast Atlantic 1993
Cratostigma regularis Northeast Atlantic and th 1963
Cratostigma simplex Northeast Atlantic 1982
Cratostigma singularis Northeast Atlantic 1912
Cratostigma vestigialis Northeast Atlantic and th 1988
Ctenyura comma Northwest Pacific. 1906
Ctenyura intermedia Western Central Pacific 1918
Ctenyura tetraplexa Eastern Indian Ocean 1985
Ctenyura tortuosa Eastern Indian Ocean 1985
Culeolus annulatus Indo-Pacific. 1904
Culeolus anonymus Southern Atlantic, Southe 1976
Culeolus antarcticus Antarctic Atlantic and In 3.6 BASL 1962
Culeolus caudatus Western Central Pacific 1991
Culeolus easteri Tunicates Eastern Central Pacific 1967
Culeolus elegans Western Central Pacific 1991
Culeolus gigas Eastern Central Pacific. 1904
Culeolus herdmani Indo-West Pacific. 1904
Culeolus hospitalis Western Central Pacific 2003
Culeolus likae Southwest Atlantic, Antar 2002
Culeolus longipedunculatus Northwest Pacific 6.5 BL 1970
Culeolus moseley Central Pacific Ocean. 1881
Culeolus murrayi Antarctic Atlantic 1881
Culeolus nadejdae Northwest Pacific 1992
Culeolus parvus Atlantic Ocean 1970
Culeolus pinguis Antarctic. 1982
Culeolus pyramidalis Eastern Pacific. 1907
Culeolus quadrula Indo-Pacific. 1904
Culeolus recumbens Indo-West Pacific and the 1.3 BASL 1881
Culeolus robustus Northwest Pacific 1970
Culeolus sluiteri Northeast Pacific and the 1913
Culeolus suhmi Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci 28 BASL 1881
Culeolus tenuis Northern Pacific. 10 BL 1970
Culeolus thysanotus Indonesia. 1904
Culeolus wyville-thomsoni Southwest Pacific and Ant 1881
Halocynthia aurantium Pacific sea peach Arctic and Northern Pacif 15 H 1787
Halocynthia cactus Western Pacific 1932
Halocynthia dumosa Spiny sea squirt Indo-Pacific. 0.8 TL 1855
Halocynthia hilgendorfi Northwest Pacific 1885
Halocynthia igaboja Bristly tunicate Pacific Ocean. 0.1 TL 1906
Halocynthia johnsoni Eastern Central Pacific 1909
Halocynthia microspinosa Western Central Atlantic. 5 TL 1921
Halocynthia momus Western Indian Ocean
Halocynthia okai Northwest Pacific 1907
Halocynthia owstoni Northwest Pacific 1906
Halocynthia papillosa Atlantic, Western Pacific 1765
Halocynthia pyriformis Sea peach Northern Atlantic, Northw 13 TL 1806
Halocynthia ritteri Northwest Pacific 1906
Halocynthia roretzi Korean common sea squirt Northwest Pacific
Halocynthia spinosa Southeast Atlantic and In 1905
Hartmeyeria arctica Arctic Ocean 1989
Hartmeyeria bouilloni Southeast Atlantic and In 1976
Hartmeyeria chinensis Northwest Pacific 1967
Hartmeyeria formosa Indo-West Pacific 1881
Hartmeyeria hupferi Eastern Central Atlantic 1 WD 1908
Hartmeyeria monarchica Western Indian Ocean 1922
Hartmeyeria orientalis Northwest Pacific 1929
Hartmeyeria triangularis Northern Pacific 1913
Herdmania armata Western Central Pacific 2001
Herdmania colona Western Central Pacific 2003
Herdmania columna Western Central Pacific 1991
Herdmania contorta Western Central Pacific 1992
Herdmania coutieri Western Indian Ocean. 2002
Herdmania curvata Western Indian Ocean. 1952
Herdmania fimbriae Indo-West Pacific 2002
Herdmania grandis Indo-West Pacific 16 WD 1878
Herdmania inflata Western Central Pacific 1918
Herdmania insolita Western Central Pacific. 2001
Herdmania japonica Western Central Pacific. 1909
Herdmania kiiensis Western Central Pacific. 2002
Herdmania mentula Eastern Indian Ocean 2002
Herdmania momus Herdman's sea squirt Indo-West Pacific, Atlant 8 TL 1816
Herdmania pallida Indo-Pacific and Western 9 WD 1878
Herdmania pennata Western Central Pacific 1.6 WD 1991
Herdmania polyducta Western Central Pacific 1989
Herdmania subpallida Western Central Pacific 2002
Heterostigma fagei Northeast Atlantic and th 1961
Heterostigma gonochorica Northeast Atlantic and th 1965
Heterostigma mediterranea Northeast Atlantic and th 1958
Heterostigma melitensis Northeast Atlantic and th 1976
Heterostigma reptans Northeast Atlantic and th 1963
Heterostigma separ Atlantic and the Mediterr 1924
Heterostigma singulare Northwest Atlantic 1912
Microcosmus agglutinans Eastern Indian Ocean 1919
Microcosmus anchylodeirus Western Central Atlantic 1883
Microcosmus anomalocarpus Western Indian Ocean 1988
Microcosmus arenaceus Indo-Pacific 1900
Microcosmus australis Indo-West Pacific 1899
Microcosmus bitunicatus Western Central Pacific 2001
Microcosmus claudicans Eastern Indian Ocean, Atl 4 WD 1816
Microcosmus curvus Pacific Ocean. 1.4 WD 1954
Microcosmus exasperatus Indo-West Pacific, Atlant 5.5 TL 1878
Microcosmus formosa Indo-West Pacific, Atlant 1882
Microcosmus glacialis Northeast Atlantic 1859
Microcosmus helleri Indo-West Pacific and Atl 1881
Microcosmus hernius Northeast Atlantic 1974
Microcosmus hirsutus Southwest Pacific 1900
Microcosmus longicloa Western Central Pacific 1991
Microcosmus madagascariensis Indian Ocean 1.6 WD 1918
Microcosmus manaarensis Western Central Pacific 1996
Microcosmus miniaceus Eastern Central Pacific 1905
Microcosmus multiplicatus Western Central Pacific 1952
Microcosmus nudistigma Atlantic and the Mediterr 1962
Microcosmus oligophyllus Southeast Atlantic and We 1878
Microcosmus pacificus Western Central Pacific 2001
Microcosmus pedunculatus Eastern Central Atlantic
Microcosmus planus Eastern Indian Ocean 1975
Microcosmus polymorphus Atlantic and the Mediterr 15 TL 1877
Microcosmus propinquus Indo-West Pacific 1882
Microcosmus psammiferus Southeast Atlantic 2001
Microcosmus pupa Indo-West Pacific and Nor 3 WD 1816
Microcosmus sabatieri Atlantic and the Mediterr 1885
Microcosmus santoensis Western Central Pacific 2003
Microcosmus savignyi Eastern Atlantic and the 1962
Microcosmus squamiger Scaly tunicate Cosmopolitan. 5 COLD 1927
Microcosmus stoloniferus Indo-West Pacific 1952
Microcosmus sulcatus Western Indian Ocean and
Microcosmus trigonimus Western Indian Ocean 1955
Microcosmus tuberculatus Western Central Pacific 1985
Microcosmus vesiculosus Western Central Pacific 2001
Microcosmus vulgaris Atlantic and the Mediterr 1877
Paraculeolus bicristatus Atlantic and the Mediterr 1970
Pyura abradata Eastern Indian Ocean 1985
Pyura ambonensis Western Central Pacific 1975
Pyura antillarum Western Central Atlantic 1921
Pyura arenosa Indo-West Pacific. 1882
Pyura aripuensis Indo-West Pacific. 1906
Pyura australis Indo-West Pacific 1834
Pyura baliensis Western Central Pacific 1975
Pyura bouvetensis Periantarctic. 3.5 BL 1904
Pyura breviramosa Periantarctic. 1904
Pyura camranica Western Central Pacific 1995
Pyura capensis Southern Atlantic 1911
Pyura chilensis Edible sea squirt Southeast Pacific, Southw 5 TL 1782
Pyura columna Western Central Pacific 1991
Pyura comma Northwest Pacific 1906
Pyura confragosa Western Central Pacific 1985
Pyura corallina Mediterranean Sea. 1885
Pyura crassacapitata Indo-West Pacific 1985
Pyura crinita Southwest Pacific 1922
Pyura curvigona Indo-West Pacific. 1950
Pyura discoveryi Antarctic. 1910
Pyura dura Atlantic and the Mediterr 1877
Pyura elongata Elongated tunicate Indo-West Pacific. tempe 1952
Pyura fissa Eastern Indian Ocean 1881
Pyura gangelion Indo-West Pacific and Nor 6.5 WD 1816
Pyura georgiana Antarctic. 1898
Pyura gibbosa Indo-West Pacific 1878
Pyura haustor Warty tunicate Eastern Pacific and the A 7.5 WD 1864
Pyura hebridensis Western Central Pacific 2003
Pyura herdmanni Southeast Atlantic 1884
Pyura honu Southwest Pacific 1987
Pyura hupferi Eastern Central Atlantic 1908
Pyura inopinata Western and Antarctic Ind 1978
Pyura irregularis Indo-West Pacific 1.1 TL 1881
Pyura isobella Indo-West Pacific 1985
Pyura lanka Indo-West Pacific 1906
Pyura legumen Southwest Atlantic, South 1830
Pyura lepidoderma Northwest Pacific 1949
Pyura lignosa Western Atlantic and East 15 TL 1908
Pyura littoralis Eastern Indian Ocean 1956
Pyura lutea Southwest Pacific 1900
Pyura lycoperdon Antarctic. 1983
Pyura mariscata Southwest Atlantic 1966
Pyura microcosmus Atlantic and the Mediterr 1816
Pyura millari Southwest Atlantic 1966
Pyura mirabilis Aladdin's lamp tunicate Pacific Ocean. 1884
Pyura mozambica Western Indian Ocean 2002
Pyura mulguloides Western Indian Ocean 1899
Pyura multiruga Antarctic. 4.5 WD 1982
Pyura munita Western Central Atlantic 5 TL 1902
Pyura navicula Western Central Pacific 1985
Pyura obesa Antarctic and Eastern Ind 22 TL 1912
Pyura ostreophila Eastern Indian Ocean 1927
Pyura pachydermatina Indo-West Pacific
Pyura paessleri Southwest Atlantic, Antar 1900
Pyura pantex Southwest Atlantic, Antar 1816
Pyura picta Southwest Pacific 1950
Pyura pilosa Antarctic Indian Ocean an 3 WD 1974
Pyura polycarpa Southwest Atlantic 1904
Pyura praeputialis Indo-Pacific 1878
Pyura praia Eastern Central Atlantic 1968
Pyura pulla Southwest Pacific 1900
Pyura rapaformis Eastern Indian Ocean 1990
Pyura robusta Western Central Pacific. 1922
Pyura sacciformis Indo-West Pacific. 1884
Pyura sansibarica Western Indian Ocean. 1908
Pyura scortea Indo-West Pacific. 1985
Pyura setosa Antarctic and sub-Antarct 1905
Pyura shiinoi Western Pacific 1949
Pyura spinifera Indo-West Pacific 1834
Pyura spinosa Indo-West Pacific 1834
Pyura squamata Southwest Atlantic, Antar 1911
Pyura squamulosa Atlantic Ocean and the Me 1863
Pyura stolonifera Red bait Eastern Atlantic, Indo-We 40 TL 1878
Pyura stubenrauchi Antarctic, Southwest Atla 1900
Pyura styeliformis Western Central Pacific 2001
Pyura subuculata Western Central Pacific 1900
Pyura tasmanensis Eastern Indian Ocean 1985
Pyura tessellata Atlantic Ocean and the Me 1848
Pyura tongaea Western Indian Ocean. 2.5 WD 1976
Pyura tunica Antarctic. 1969
Pyura turqueti Antarctic. 1905
Pyura typica Antarctic.
Pyura uatio Western Central Pacific 1991
Pyura viarecta Western Central Pacific 9 TL 1985
Pyura vittata Western Pacific, Western 10 TL 1852
Pyurella hernia Northern Atlantic. 0.7 H 1973



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Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.