All Species
230 Species in Family Pyuridae
Nominal species list for Pyuridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Pyura vittata (Stimpson, 1852)
Pyurella hernia Monniot & Monniot, 1973
Pyura uatio Monniot, 1991
Pyura viarecta Kott, 1985
Pyura typica unspecified
Pyura turqueti (Sluiter, 1905)
Pyura tunica Kott, 1969
Pyura tongaea Monniot & Monniot, 1976
Pyura tessellata (Forbes, 1848)
Pyura tasmanensis Kott, 1985
Pyura subuculata (Sluiter, 1900)
Pyura styeliformis Monniot & Monniot, 2001
Pyura stubenrauchi (Michaelsen, 1900)
Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878) Red bait
Pyura squamulosa (Alder, 1863)
Pyura squamata Hartmeyer, 1911
Pyura spinosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Pyura spinifera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Pyura shiinoi Tokioka, 1949
Pyura setosa (Sluiter, 1905)
Pyura scortea Kott, 1985
Pyura sansibarica Michaelsen, 1908
Pyura sacciformis (Drasche, 1884)
Pyura robusta Hartmeyer, 1922
Pyura pulla (Sluiter, 1900)
Pyura rapaformis Kott, 1990
Pyura praia Monniot & Monniot, 1968
Pyura praeputialis (Heller, 1878)
Pyura pilosa Monniot & Monniot, 1974
Pyura polycarpa (Sluiter, 1904)
Pyura pantex (Savigny, 1816)
Pyura picta Brewin, 1950
Pyura paessleri (Michaelsen, 1900)
Pyura pachydermatina (Herdman)
Pyura ostreophila Michaelsen, 1927
Pyura navicula Kott, 1985
Pyura obesa Sluiter, 1912
Pyura munita (Van Name, 1902)
Pyura multiruga Monniot & Monniot, 1982
Pyura mulguloides (Herdman, 1899)
Pyura mozambica Monniot, 2002
Pyura mirabilis (Drasche, 1884) Aladdin's lamp tunicate
Pyura millari Rodrigues, 1966
Pyura mariscata Rodrigues, 1966
Pyura microcosmus (Savigny, 1816)
Pyura lycoperdon Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Pyura lutea (Sluiter, 1900)
Pyura littoralis (Kott, 1956)
Pyura lepidoderma Tokioka, 1949
Pyura lignosa Michaelsen, 1908
Pyura lanka Herdman, 1906
Pyura legumen (Lesson, 1830)
Pyura isobella Kott, 1985
Pyura irregularis (Herdman, 1881)
Pyura inopinata Monniot, 1978
Pyura honu Monniot & Monniot, 1987
Pyura hupferi Michaelsen, 1908
Pyura herdmanni (Drasche, 1884)
Pyura georgiana (Michaelsen, 1898)
Pyura gibbosa (Heller, 1878)
Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864) Warty tunicate
Pyura hebridensis Monniot & Monniot, 2003
Pyura gangelion (Savigny, 1816)
Pyura elongata Tokioka, 1952 Elongated tunicate
Pyura fissa (Herdman, 1881)
Pyura dura Heller, 1877
Pyura discoveryi (Herdman, 1910)
Pyura crinita Michaelsen, 1922
Pyura curvigona Tokioka, 1950
Pyura crassacapitata Kott, 1985
Pyura corallina (Roule, 1885)
Pyura confragosa Kott, 1985
Pyura comma (Hartmeyer, 1906)
Pyura columna Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782 Edible sea squirt
Pyura camranica (Vorontsova & Cole, 1995)
Pyura capensis Hartmeyer, 1911
Pyura breviramosa (Sluiter, 1904)
Pyura bouvetensis (Michaelsen, 1904)
Pyura baliensis Millar, 1975
Pyura australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Pyura aripuensis Herdman, 1906
Pyura arenosa (Herdman, 1882)
Pyura antillarum Van Name, 1921
Pyura ambonensis Millar, 1975
Pyura abradata Kott, 1985
Paraculeolus bicristatus Vinogradova, 1970
Microcosmus vulgaris Heller, 1877
Microcosmus vesiculosus Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Microcosmus tuberculatus Kott, 1985
Microcosmus sulcatus unspecified
Microcosmus trigonimus Millar, 1955
Microcosmus stoloniferus Kott, 1952
Microcosmus squamiger Michaelsen, 1927 Scaly tunicate
Microcosmus savignyi Monniot, 1962
Microcosmus santoensis Monniot & Monniot, 2003
Microcosmus psammiferus Monniot, 2001
Microcosmus pupa (Savigny, 1816)
Microcosmus sabatieri Roule, 1885
Microcosmus propinquus Herdman, 1882
Microcosmus polymorphus Heller, 1877
Microcosmus pedunculatus Pérès,
Microcosmus planus Kott, 1975
Microcosmus oligophyllus Heller, 1878
Microcosmus pacificus Monniot & Monniot, 2001
Microcosmus miniaceus Sluiter, 1905
Microcosmus multiplicatus Tokioka, 1952
Microcosmus nudistigma Monniot, 1962
Microcosmus manaarensis Monniot & Monniot, 1996
Microcosmus madagascariensis Michaelsen, 1918
Microcosmus longicloa Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Microcosmus hirsutus Sluiter, 1900
Microcosmus hernius (Monniot & Monniot, 1974)
Microcosmus helleri Herdman, 1881
Microcosmus glacialis (Sars, 1859)
Microcosmus formosa (Herdman, 1882)
Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878
Microcosmus curvus Tokioka, 1954
Microcosmus agglutinans Hartmeyer, 1919
Microcosmus anchylodeirus Traustedt, 1883
Microcosmus anomalocarpus Millar, 1988
Microcosmus arenaceus Sluiter, 1900
Microcosmus australis Herdman, 1899
Microcosmus bitunicatus Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Microcosmus claudicans (Savigny, 1816)
Heterostigma separ Ärnbäck, 1924
Heterostigma singulare (Van Name, 1912)
Heterostigma reptans Monniot & Monniot, 1963
Heterostigma mediterranea Pérès, 1958
Heterostigma melitensis Monniot & Monniot, 1976
Heterostigma gonochorica Monniot, 1965
Heterostigma fagei Monniot & Monniot, 1961
Herdmania polyducta (Monniot & Monniot, 1989)
Herdmania subpallida Nishikawa, 2002
Herdmania pennata (Monniot & Monniot, 1991)
Herdmania pallida (Heller, 1878)
Herdmania mentula Kott, 2002
Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) Herdman's sea squirt
Herdmania kiiensis Nishikawa, 2002
Herdmania insolita Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Herdmania japonica (Hartmeyer, 1909)
Herdmania grandis (Heller, 1878)
Herdmania inflata (Van Name, 1918)
Herdmania curvata Kott, 1952
Herdmania fimbriae Kott, 2002
Herdmania coutieri Monniot, 2002
Herdmania contorta Monniot, 1992
Herdmania columna (Monniot & Monniot, 1991)
Herdmania colona Monniot & Monniot, 2003
Herdmania armata Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Hartmeyeria monarchica Hartmeyer, 1922
Hartmeyeria orientalis Oka, 1929
Hartmeyeria triangularis Ritter, 1913
Hartmeyeria hupferi (Michaelsen, 1908)
Hartmeyeria formosa Herdman, 1881
Hartmeyeria bouilloni Monniot & Monniot, 1976
Hartmeyeria chinensis Tokioka, 1967
Hartmeyeria arctica Korczynski, 1989
Halocynthia spinosa Sluiter, 1905
Halocynthia roretzi (Drasche) Korean common sea squirt
Halocynthia pyriformis (Rathke, 1806) Sea peach
Halocynthia ritteri Oka, 1906
Halocynthia papillosa (Gunnerus, 1765)
Halocynthia momus Savigny,
Halocynthia okai Ritter, 1907
Halocynthia owstoni Oka, 1906
Halocynthia microspinosa (Van Name, 1921)
Halocynthia johnsoni Ritter, 1909
Halocynthia igaboja Oka, 1906 Bristly tunicate
Halocynthia hilgendorfi (Traustedt, 1885)
Halocynthia dumosa (Stimpson, 1855) Spiny sea squirt
Halocynthia cactus Oka, 1932
Halocynthia aurantium (Pallas, 1787) Pacific sea peach
Culeolus thysanotus Sluiter, 1904
Culeolus wyville-thomsoni Herdman, 1881
Culeolus tenuis Vinogradova, 1970
Culeolus robustus Vinogradova, 1970
Culeolus sluiteri Ritter, 1913
Culeolus suhmi Herdman, 1881
Culeolus recumbens Herdman, 1881
Culeolus quadrula Sluiter, 1904
Culeolus pyramidalis Ritter, 1907
Culeolus pinguis Monniot & Monniot, 1982
Culeolus parvus Millar, 1970
Culeolus longipedunculatus Vinogradova, 1970
Culeolus moseley Herdman, 1881
Culeolus murrayi Herdman, 1881
Culeolus nadejdae Sanamyan, 1992
Culeolus likae Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2002
Culeolus hospitalis Monniot & Monniot, 2003
Culeolus herdmani Sluiter, 1904
Culeolus gigas Sluiter, 1904
Culeolus elegans Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Culeolus easteri Tokioka, 1967 Tunicates
Culeolus caudatus Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Culeolus antarcticus Vinogradova, 1962
Culeolus annulatus Sluiter, 1904
Culeolus anonymus Monniot & Monniot, 1976
Ctenyura intermedia Van Name, 1918
Ctenyura tetraplexa Kott, 1985
Ctenyura tortuosa Kott, 1985
Ctenyura comma (Hartmeyer, 1906)
Cratostigma vestigialis Turon, 1988
Cratostigma singularis (Van Name, 1912)
Cratostigma simplex Millar, 1982
Cratostigma intermedia Vazquez & Ramos-Espla, 1993
Cratostigma regularis Monniot, 1963
Cratostigma campoyi Ramos, Tyron & Lafargue, 1988
Cratostigma gravellophila (Pérès, 1955)
Claudenus appendiculata (Heller, 1877)
Claudenus antipodus (Kott, 1972)
Bolteniopsis perlucidus Monniot & Monniot, 1985
Bolteniopsis prenanti Harant, 1927
Bolteniopsis sessilis Monniot & Monniot, 1970
Bolteniopsis pacificus Monniot, 1989
Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767) Stalked tunicate
Boltenia pilosa (Millar, 1955)
Boltenia polyplacoderma Lambert, 1993
Boltenia villosa (Stimpson, 1864) Spiny-headed sea squirt
Boltenia hirta Monniot & Monniot, 1977
Boltenia africana Millar, 1962
Boltenia carnea unspecified
Boltenia echinata (Linnaeus, 1767) Spiny-tipped tunicate
Bathypyura celata Monniot & Monniot, 1973
Bathypyura asymetrica Monniot, 1971
Bathypera splendens Michaelsen, 1904
Bathypera ovoida (Ritter, 1907)
Bathypera goreaui Millar & Goodbody, 1974
Bathypera hastaefera Vinogradova, 1962
Bathypera feminalba Young & Vazquez, 1995 Tiny white tunicate
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