Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Polycarpa albatrossi		Northern Atlantic.	0.1 WD	1912
Polycarpa albopunctata		Northern Atlantic.		1904
Polycarpa anguinea		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W		1898
Polycarpa appropinquata		Western Central Atlantic		1898
Polycarpa arenosa		Western Indian Ocean		1976
Polycarpa argentata		Indo-West Pacific.		1890
Polycarpa arnbackae		Northeast Atlantic		1964
Polycarpa arnoldi		Western Indian Ocean and	4 WD	1914
Polycarpa aspera		Western Indian Ocean and		1886
Polycarpa atromarginata		Eastern Central Pacific		2003
Polycarpa aurata	Goldmouth sea squirt	Indo-West Pacific.		1834
Polycarpa aurita		Indo-Pacific and Western		1890
Polycarpa beuziti		Northeast Atlantic.		1970
Polycarpa biforis		Indo-West Pacific.		1904
Polycarpa biscayensis		Northeast Atlantic		1977
Polycarpa camptos		Western Central Pacific		2001
Polycarpa carpocincta		Western Central Pacific.	2.5 WD	2003
Polycarpa cartilaginea		Western Central Atlantic.	2 TL	1898
Polycarpa caudata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1975
Polycarpa chinensis		Indo-West Pacific. Subtr		1967
Polycarpa clavata		Indo-West Pacific		1919
Polycarpa colletti		Indo-West Pacific		1906
Polycarpa comata		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1863
Polycarpa contecta		Western Central Pacific.		1904
Polycarpa crossogonima		Western Central Atlantic		1962
Polycarpa cryptocarpa		Indo-Pacific.		1885
Polycarpa decipiens		Indo-West Pacific.		1906
Polycarpa delta		Northwest Atlantic		1968
Polycarpa directa		Eastern Indian Ocean		1990
Polycarpa discoidea		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1877
Polycarpa ecuadorensis		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1988
Polycarpa errans		Northeast Atlantic		1911
Polycarpa fibrosa		Atlantic, Mediterranean,	3.5 WD	1852
Polycarpa flava		Eastern Indian Ocean		1985
Polycarpa fungiformis		Western Central Pacific		1899
Polycarpa glebosa		Western Central Pacific		1895
Polycarpa goreensis		Eastern Central Atlantic		1914
Polycarpa gracilis		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1877
Polycarpa gradata		Western Indian Ocean.		2002
Polycarpa hartmeyeri		Indo-West Pacific		1927
Polycarpa indiana		Eastern Indian Ocean		1985
Polycarpa inhacae		Western Indian Ocean		1976
Polycarpa insulsa		Indo-West Pacific and Wes		1899
Polycarpa intonata		Western Central Pacific		1985
Polycarpa itera		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1977
Polycarpa kapala		Southwest Pacific		1985
Polycarpa kornogi		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1966
Polycarpa longiformis		Indo-West Pacific		1952
Polycarpa longitubis		Eastern Central Atlantic		1987
Polycarpa macra		Western Central Pacific		1991
Polycarpa maculata		Northwest Pacific		1906
Polycarpa madagascariensis		Western Indian Ocean.	8 TL	1906
Polycarpa mamillaris		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1912
Polycarpa maruhi		Southwest Pacific		1987
Polycarpa melanosiphonica		Indo-West Pacific		1967
Polycarpa minuta		Antarctic		1881
Polycarpa molguloides		Eastern Indian Ocean		1882
Polycarpa muelleri		Atlantic and the Mediterr		2007
Polycarpa mytiligera		Indo-West Pacific and Sou		1816
Polycarpa natalensis		Indo-West Pacific		1898
Polycarpa nigerrima		Western Central Pacific		2001
Polycarpa nigricans		Indo-West Pacific.		1878
Polycarpa nota		Western Central Pacific		1985
Polycarpa obscura		Indo-West Pacific		1878
Polycarpa obtecta		Western Central Atlantic.		1883
Polycarpa offa		Northeast Atlantic		1988
Polycarpa olitoria		Indo-West Pacific.		1890
Polycarpa ovata		Western Central Pacific		1908
Polycarpa palinorosa		Western Central Pacific		1904
Polycarpa papillata		Indo-West Pacific.	12 TL	1885
Polycarpa papyra		Western Central Pacific		1985
Polycarpa patens		Western Central Pacific		1885
Polycarpa pedunculata		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi		1878
Polycarpa pentarhiza		Northeast Atlantic and th		1965
Polycarpa perstellata		Western Central Pacific		2003
Polycarpa pigmentata		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi		1906
Polycarpa plantei		Western Indian Ocean	5 WD	2002
Polycarpa plenovata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1985
Polycarpa pomaria		Northeast Atlantic and th	7 TL	1816
Polycarpa porculus		Northeast Atlantic		1979
Polycarpa pori		Western Indian Ocean	2 TL	2002
Polycarpa procera		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi		1904
Polycarpa producta		Western Central Pacific		2003
Polycarpa psammodes		Western Central Pacific		1904
Polycarpa pseudoalbatrossi		Atlantic Ocean.		1968
Polycarpa pusilla		Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1884
Polycarpa reniformis		Western Pacific.		1885
Polycarpa reviviscens		Western Central Pacific.		2001
Polycarpa richeri		Western Central Pacific		1987
Polycarpa rigida		Indo-West Pacific		1881
Polycarpa rima		Western Central Pacific.	8 TL	1996
Polycarpa rockallensis		Northeast Atlantic		1982
Polycarpa rubida		Southwest Atlantic and We		1898
Polycarpa rustica		Northeast Atlantic
Polycarpa sabulosa		Mediterranean		1877
Polycarpa scuba		Eastern Atlantic		1971
Polycarpa seychellensis		Western Indian Ocean		1912
Polycarpa sobria		Eastern Indian Ocean		1904
Polycarpa sourieri		Eastern Central Atlantic		1949
Polycarpa spongiabilis	Giant tunicate	Western Atlantic.	5 TL	1883
Polycarpa stirpes		Indo-West Pacific.	3.5 H	1985
Polycarpa suesana		Western Indian Ocean.	5 TL	1919
Polycarpa takarazima		Northwest Pacific		1953
Polycarpa tenera		Northeast Atlantic and th		1892
Polycarpa thelyphanes		Indo-West Pacific		1904
Polycarpa tinctor		Southwest Pacific		1834
Polycarpa tinctorella		Eastern Indian Ocean		1985
Polycarpa tokiokai		Western Central Pacific.		1996
Polycarpa translucida		Eastern Central Atlantic		1951
Polycarpa triruga		Western Central Pacific		2003
Polycarpa tumida		Western Central Pacific		1878
Polycarpa twynami		Western Central Pacific		1906
Polycarpa vankampeni		Indo-Pacific		1895
Polycarpa violacea		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1863
Polycarpa viridis		Indo-West Pacific		1880
Polycarpa willisi		Indo-West Pacific		1906
Polycarpa zeteta		Southwest Pacific		1982
Polyzoa exigua		Eastern Indian Ocean		1990
Polyzoa insularis		Southeast Atlantic		1967
Polyzoa minor		Western and Antarctic Ind		1970
Polyzoa nodosa		Eastern Indian Ocean		1990
Polyzoa opuntia	Marine prickly pear	Southwest Atlantic, South		1830
Polyzoa translucida		Pacific Ocean		1917
Polyzoa vesiculiphora		Northwest Pacific		1951
Polyzoa violacea		Indo-West Pacific.		1915
Protostyela heterobranchia		Northeast Atlantic		1954
Protostyela longicauda		Northeast Atlantic		1995
Psammostyela delamarei		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1961
Seriocarpa benthedi		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1985
Seriocarpa cristata		Western Central Pacific		1975
Seriocarpa littoralis		Western Central Pacific		1975
Seriocarpa rhizoides		Atlantic Ocean, Pacific O		1969
Seriocarpa tongae		Western Central Pacific		2001
Stolonica agnata		Indo-West Pacific		1985
Stolonica aluta		Eastern Indian Ocean		1985
Stolonica australis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1927
Stolonica bigyna		Western Central Pacific		2001
Stolonica brevigastra		Eastern Indian Ocean		2003
Stolonica carnosa		Eastern Indian Ocean		1963
Stolonica diptycha		Eastern Indian Ocean		1919
Stolonica duploplicata		Western Central Pacific.		1913
Stolonica inhacae		Western Indian Ocean	1 WD	1956
Stolonica laboutei		Western Central Pacific		1988
Stolonica laevis		Western Indian Ocean		2002
Stolonica limbata		Western Central Pacific		1996
Stolonica malayanus		Western Central Pacific		1915
Stolonica michaelseni		Southwest Pacific		1956
Stolonica multitestis		Indo-West Pacific.		2001
Stolonica nodula		Western Central Pacific		1985
Stolonica pacificus		Western Central Pacific		1991
Stolonica prolifera		Western Indian Ocean	0.0 H	1905
Stolonica reducta		Indo-West Pacific		1904
Stolonica schauinslandi		Southwest Pacific		1922
Stolonica sigma		Southwest Pacific		1952
Stolonica socialis		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1903
Stolonica styeliformis		Western Central Pacific		1918
Stolonica truncata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1972
Stolonica variata		Western Central Pacific		1988
Stolonica variolosus		Western Central Pacific		1774
Stolonica vermiculata		Southwest Pacific		2005
Stolonica vesicularis		Western Central Pacific		1918
Styela adriatica		Northeast Atlantic and th		1976
Styela aequatorialis		South Africa.
Styela angularis		Southeast Atlantic		1855
Styela aomori		Northwest Pacific		1935
Styela asterogama		Indo-West Pacific		1975
Styela atlantica		Northeast Atlantic		1912
Styela barnharti		Eastern Central Pacific		1917
Styela bathybia		Northeast Atlantic		1896
Styela bicolor		Western Central Pacific		1887
Styela brevigaster		Western Central Pacific		1988
Styela calva		Eastern Atlantic, Indo-We	0.6 WD	1976
Styela canopus	Rough sea tunicate	Cosmopolitan.	2 TL	1816
Styela chaini		Northeast Atlantic		1970
Styela changa		Northeast Atlantic		1983
Styela charcoti		Atlantic Ocean and Indian		1973
Styela clara		Northwest Pacific		1906
Styela clava	Clubbed tunicate	Cosmopolitan.	12 TL	1881
Styela clavata		Arctic and Pacific Ocean		1774
Styela coriacea	Pimpled sea squirt	Pacific Ocean, Northeast	3 H	1848
Styela costata		South Africa.
Styela crinita		Mediterranean, Atlantic a	0.7 WD	1973
Styela eurygaster		Southwest Atlantic		1977
Styela gagetyleri		Western Indian Ocean.		1997
Styela gelatinosa		Northeast Atlantic.		1886
Styela gibbsii	Peanut sea squirt	Northeast Atlantic and Ea	15 H	1864
Styela glans		Southwest Atlantic, South		1881
Styela gracilocarpa		Southwest Pacific		1982
Styela grahami		Antarctica.		1912
Styela hadalis		Northwest Pacific.		2006
Styela kottae		Western Central Pacific		1992
Styela loculosa		Atlantic Ocean		1968
Styela longiducta		Western Indian Ocean		1985
Styela macrenteron		Arctic and Northeast Paci		1913
Styela magalhaensis		Antarctic, Southwest Atla		1898
Styela mallei		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1979
Styela marquesana		Western Indian Ocean		1918
Styela materna		Southeast Atlantic and An		1983
Styela meteoris		Western Indian Ocean		2002
Styela milleri		Atlantic and Indo-Pacific		1907
Styela minima		Western Atlantic		1971
Styela montereyensis	Stalked sea squirt	Eastern Pacific. Tropica	25 H	1872
Styela multicarpa		Eastern Pacific. Tropica		2021
Styela multitentaculata		Northeast Pacific.		2006
Styela oblonga		Southwest Atlantic		1881
Styela ordinaria		Southern Indian Ocean		1985
Styela paessleri		Antarctic, Southwest Atla		1898
Styela panamensis		Antarctic, Southwest Atla		2021
Styela pfefferi		Antarctic, Southwest Atla		1898
Styela plicata	Pleated sea squirt	Cosmopolitan.	8 TL	1823
Styela polypes		Southwest Pacific.		1976
Styela psoliformis		Southeast Pacific		1989
Styela pupa		Western Indian Ocean
Styela quidni		Western Indian Ocean		1912
Styela radicata		Western Indian Ocean		1962
Styela rustica		Northern Atlantic, Pacifi		1767
Styela schmitti		Southwest Atlantic and th		1945
Styela sericata		Antarctic		1888
Styela serpentina		Antarctica.		1912
Styela sigma		Northeast Atlantic and Pa	3 TL	1906
Styela similis		Northern Atlantic.		1970
Styela squamosa		Indo-Pacific, Southern At		1881
Styela suluensis		Western Central Pacific		2003
Styela talpina		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1978
Styela tenuibranchia		Indo-West Pacific	1.5 WD	1976
Styela tesseris		Eastern Central Pacific		1993
Styela thalassae		Northeast Atlantic		1969
Styela theeli		Northeast Atlantic		1921
Styela tholiformis		Antarctica.		1912
Styela tokiokai		Northwest Pacific		1991
Styela truncata		Pacific Ocean.		1901
Styela wandeli		Antarctic and sub-Antarct		1911
Styela yakutatensis		Northeast Pacific		1901
Styelopsis tricostata		Antarctica.		1960
Symplegma alterna		Western Central Pacific		1988
Symplegma arenosa		Eastern Indian Ocean		1972
Symplegma bahraini		Indo-West Pacific.		1997
Symplegma brakenhielmi		Indo-Pacific, Western Atl	7 COLD	1904
Symplegma connectens		Pacific Ocean		1949
Symplegma japonica		Northwest Pacific		1962
Symplegma reptans	Pillow-like tunicate	Pacific Ocean.	30 COLD	1927
Symplegma rubra		Western Atlantic and Indo		1972
Symplegma stuhlmanni		Indo-West Pacific.		1904
Symplegma teruakii		Western Central Pacific		2004
Symplegma viride		Cosmopolitan.		1886
Symplegma zebra		Western Indian Ocean		2002
Theodorella arenosa		Antarctic Atlantic and So		1922
Theodorella stewartensis		Southwest Pacific		1922
Theodorella torus		Southwest Pacific		1922
Tibitin halimedae		Western Central Atlantic.		1983

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Styelidae (See list of species below)

Family: Styelidae

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