''Pyura'' is a large
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including ''
Pyura chilensis'' are commercially fished.
Species
Species in this genus include
* ''
Pyura abradata'' (Kott, 1985)
* ''
Pyura ambonensis'' (Millar, 1975)
* ''
Pyura antillarum'' (Van Name, 1921)
* ''
Pyura arenosa'' (Herdman, 1882)
* ''
Pyura aripuensis'' (Herdman, 1906)
* ''
Pyura australis'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* ''
Pyura baliensis'' (Millar, 1975)
* ''
Pyura bouvetensis'' (
Michaelsen
Michaelsen is a Danish patronymic surname meaning "son of Michael". There are related English, German, Norwegian, Swedish and other Scandinavian spellings of this name. People with the name Michaelsen include:
People
* Gottfried Michaelsen ...
, 1904)
* ''
Pyura breviramosa'' (Sluiter, 1904)
* ''
Pyura cadamostoi'' (Monniot, 1994)
* ''
Pyura camranica'' (
Vorontsova & Cole, 1995)
* ''
Pyura cancellata'' (
Brewin, 1946)
* ''
Pyura capensis'' (Hartmeyer)
* ''
Pyura carnea'' (
Brewin, 1948)
* ''
Pyura chilensis'' (Molina, 1782)
* ''
Pyura columna'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1991)
* ''
Pyura comma'' (Hartmeyer, 1906)
* ''
Pyura confragosa'' (Kott, 1985)
* ''
Pyura crassacapitata'' (Kott, 1985)
* ''
Pyura crinita'' (Michaelsen, 1922)
* ''
Pyura curvigona'' (Tokioka, 1950)
* ''
Pyura dalbyi'' (Rius & Teske, 2011)
'yellow cunjevoi'
* ''
Pyura discoveryi'' (Herdman, 1910)
* ''
Pyura discrepans'' (Sluiter, 1898)
* ''
Pyura doppelgangera'' (Rius & Teske, 2013)
[Rius, M. and Teske, P.R. (2013) Cryptic diversity in coastal Australasia: a morphological and mito-nuclear genetic analysis of habitat-forming sibling species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.] 'doppelganger cunjevoi'
* ''
Pyura duplicata'' (Van Name, 1918)
* ''
Pyura dura'' (Heller, 1877)
* ''
Pyura elongata'' (Tokioka, 1952)
* ''
Pyura erythrostoma'' (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)
* ''
Pyura fissa'' (Herdman, 1881)
* ''
Pyura gangelion'' (Savigny, 1816)
* ''
Pyura georgiana'' (Michaelsen, 1898)
* ''
Pyura gibbosa'' (Heller, 1878)
* ''
Pyura haustor'' (Stimpson, 1864)
* ''
Pyura hebridensis'' (Monniot & Monniot, 2003)
* ''
Pyura herdmani'' (Drasche, 1884) 'Herdman's red bait'
* ''
Pyura honu'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1987)
* ''
Pyura hupferi'' (Michaelsen, 1908)
* ''
Pyura inopinata'' (Monniot, 1978)
* ''
Pyura irregularis'' (Herdman, 1881)
* ''
Pyura isobella'' (Kott, 1985)
* ''
Pyura lanka'' (Herdman, 1906)
* ''
Pyura legumen'' (Lesson, 1830)
* ''
Pyura lepidoderma'' (Tokioka, 1949)
* ''
Pyura lignosa'' (Michaelsen, 1908)
* ''
Pyura littoralis'' (Kott, 1956)
* ''
Pyura lutea'' (Sluiter, 1900)
* ''
Pyura lycoperdon'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1983)
* ''
Pyura mariscata'' (Rodrigues, 1966)
* ''
Pyura microcosmus'' (Savigny, 1816)
* ''
Pyura mirabilis'' (Drasche, 1884)
* ''
Pyura molguloides'' (Herdman, 1899)
* ''
Pyura mozambica'' (Monniot, 2002)
* ''
Pyura multiruga'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1982)
* ''
Pyura munita'' (Van Name, 1902)
* ''
Pyura navicula'' (Kott, 1985)
* ''
Pyura obesa'' (Hartmeyer, 1919)
* ''
Pyura ostreophila'' (Hartmeyer & Michaelsen, 1928)
* ''
Pyura pachydermatina'' (Herdman, 1881) 'sea tulip'
* ''
Pyura paessleri'' (Michaelsen, 1900)
* ''
Pyura pantex'' (Savigny, 1816)
* ''
Pyura pennata'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1991)
* ''
Pyura picta'' (
Brewin, 1950)
* ''
Pyura pilosa'' Monniot & Monniot, 1974)
* ''
Pyura polycarpa'' (Sluiter, 1904)
* ''
Pyura praeputialis'' (Heller, 1878) 'cunjevoi'
* ''
Pyura praia'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1967)
* ''
Pyura pulla'' (Sluiter, 1900)
* ''
Pyura rapaformis'' (Kott, 1990)
* ''
Pyura robusta'' (Hartmeyer, 1922)
* ''
Pyura rugata'' (
Brewin, 1948)
* ''
Pyura sacciformis'' (Drasche, 1884)
* ''
Pyura sansibarica'' (Michaelsen, 1908)
* ''
Pyura scortea'' (Kott, 1985)
* ''
Pyura setosa'' (Sluiter, 1905)
* ''
Pyura shiinoi'' (Tokioka, 1949)
* ''
Pyura spinifera'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) 'sea tulip'
* ''
Pyura spinosa'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* ''
Pyura spinosissima'' (Michaelsen, 1922)
* ''
Pyura squamata'' (Hartmeyer, 1911)
* ''
Pyura squamulosa'' (Alder, 1863)
* ''
Pyura stolonifera'' (Heller, 1878) 'red bait'
* ''
Pyura stubenrauchi'' (Michaelsen, 1900)
* ''
Pyura styeliformis'' (Monniot & Monniot, 2001)
* ''
Pyura subuculata'' (Sluiter, 1900)
* ''
Pyura suteri'' (Michaelsen, 1908)
* ''
Pyura tasmanensis'' (Kott, 1985)
* ''
Pyura tessellata'' (Forbes, 1848)
* ''
Pyura torpida'' (Sluiter, 1898)
* ''
Pyura trigamica'' (Tokioka, 1953)
* ''
Pyura trita'' (Sluiter, 1900)
* ''
Pyura tunica'' (Kott, 1969)
* ''
Pyura turqueti'' (Sluiter, 1905)
* ''
Pyura typica'' (author unknown)
* ''
Pyura uatio'' (Monniot, 1991)
* ''
Pyura vannamei'' (Monniot, 1994)
* ''
Pyura viarecta'' (Kott, 1985)
* ''
Pyura vittata'' (Stimpson, 1852)
References
External links
*
Wildlife of Sydney - Sea Tulip
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Pyuridae
Tunicate genera