Styela
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Styela is a genus of tunicate
s. Styela clava
, an edible species, is known as an invasive species
in some areas.
Species include:
Tunicate
Tunicates, also known as urochordates, are members of the subphylum Tunicata, previously known as Urochordata, a group of underwater saclike filter feeders with incurrent and excurrent siphons that is classified within the phylum Chordata. While most tunicates live on the ocean floor, others such...
s. Styela clava
Styela clava
The Stalked Sea Squirt, Styela clava, is a solitary, hermaphroditic, ascidian tunicate that is found off Australia and New Zealand, both coasts of North America, and Europe....
, an edible species, is known as an invasive species
Invasive species
"Invasive species", or invasive exotics, is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions....
in some areas.
Species include:
- Styela angularis
- Styela clavaStyela clavaThe Stalked Sea Squirt, Styela clava, is a solitary, hermaphroditic, ascidian tunicate that is found off Australia and New Zealand, both coasts of North America, and Europe....
- Styela coriacea
- Styela gelatinosa
- Styela montereyensisStyela montereyensisStyela montereyensis, also called the Stalked Tunicate, Monterey stalked tunicate, and the Long-stalked sea squirt is asolitary ascidian tunicate.-Description:...
- Styela partita
- Styela plicataStyela plicataStyela plicata is a tropical to temperate tunicate that has invaded the Gulf of Mexico by hitching a ride on ships' hulls. This sessile filter feeder can expel water when threatened, leading to the name “sea squirt.” This species is rather hardy; “able to tolerate changes in seawater between...
- Styela rustica