Pyura
Encyclopedia
Pyura is a large genus
of sessile
ascidians
that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, Pyura are filter feeders.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sessile
Sessility (zoology)
In zoology, sessility is a characteristic of animals which are not able to move about. They are usually permanently attached to a solid substrate of some kind, such as a part of a plant or dead tree trunk, a rock, or the hull of a ship in the case of barnacles. Corals lay down their own...
ascidians
Ascidiacea
Ascidiacea is a class in the Tunicata subphylum of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer "tunic" made of the polysaccharide tunicin, as compared to other tunicates which are less rigid.Ascidians are found all over the world, usually in shallow...
that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, Pyura are filter feeders.
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 (MichaelsenWilhelm MichaelsenWilhelm Michaelsen was a German zoologist. His principal contributions were to the study of Oligochaeta.After finishing high school he studied mechanical engineering...
, 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
- Pyura discoveryi (Herdman, 1910)
- Pyura discrepans (Sluiter, 1898)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 praeputialisPyura praeputialisPyura praeputialis is an intertidal and shallow water species of tunicate. It is the first reported species of marine organism to create a "foam-nest" for its larvae....
(Heller, 1878) - 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 spiniferaPyura spiniferaSea tulips, scientific name Pyura spinifera, are sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m . Like all ascidians, sea tulips are filter feeders. Their common name comes from their appearance - that of a knobbly 'bulb' or flower attached to a long stalk...
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) 'sea tulip' - Pyura spinosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Pyura spinosissima (Michaelsen, 1922)
- Pyura squamata (Hartmeyer, 1911)
- Pyura squamulosa (Alder, 1863)
- Pyura stoloniferaPyura stoloniferaPyura stolonifera, commonly known in South Africa as red bait or rooi aas and in Australia as cunjevoi, is a sessile ascidian, or sea squirt, that lives in coastal waters.-Distribution:...
(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)