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Family: Pyuridae (See list of species below)

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209 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Bathypera feminalba [Tiny white tunicate]	No picture found Bathypera goreaui []	No picture found Bathypera hastaefera []
No picture found Bathypera ovoida []	Bathypera splendens []	No picture found Bathypyura asymetrica []
No picture found Bathypyura celata []	No picture found Boltenia africana []	No picture found Boltenia echinata [Spiny-tipped tunicate]
No picture found Boltenia hirta []	Boltenia ovifera [Stalked tunicate]	No picture found Boltenia pilosa []
No picture found Boltenia polyplacoderma []	No picture found Boltenia villosa [Spiny-headed sea squirt]	No picture found Bolteniopsis pacificus []
No picture found Bolteniopsis prenanti []	No picture found Bolteniopsis sessilis []	No picture found Claudenus antipodus []
No picture found Claudenus appendiculata []	No picture found Cratostigma campoyi []	No picture found Cratostigma gravellophila []
No picture found Cratostigma intermedia []	No picture found Cratostigma regularis []	No picture found Cratostigma simplex []
No picture found Cratostigma singularis []	No picture found Cratostigma vestigialis []	No picture found Ctenyura comma []
No picture found Ctenyura intermedia []	No picture found Ctenyura tetraplexa []	No picture found Ctenyura tortuosa []
No picture found Culeolus anonymus []	No picture found Culeolus antarcticus []	No picture found Culeolus caudatus []
No picture found Culeolus easteri [Tunicates]	No picture found Culeolus elegans []	No picture found Culeolus gigas []
No picture found Culeolus herdmani []	No picture found Culeolus hospitalis []	No picture found Culeolus likae []
No picture found Culeolus longipedunculatus []	No picture found Culeolus murrayi []	No picture found Culeolus nadejdae []
No picture found Culeolus parvus []	No picture found Culeolus pinguis []	No picture found Culeolus pyramidalis []
No picture found Culeolus recumbens []	No picture found Culeolus robustus []	No picture found Culeolus sluiteri []
No picture found Culeolus suhmi []	No picture found Culeolus tenuis []	No picture found Culeolus wyville-thomsoni []
Halocynthia aurantium [Pacific sea peach]	No picture found Halocynthia cactus []	No picture found Halocynthia dumosa [Spiny sea squirt]
No picture found Halocynthia hilgendorfi []	No picture found Halocynthia igaboja [Bristly tunicate]	No picture found Halocynthia johnsoni []
No picture found Halocynthia microspinosa []	No picture found Halocynthia momus []	No picture found Halocynthia okai []
No picture found Halocynthia owstoni []	Halocynthia papillosa []	Halocynthia pyriformis [Sea peach]
No picture found Halocynthia ritteri []	Halocynthia roretzi [Korean common sea squirt]	No picture found Halocynthia spinosa []
No picture found Hartmeyeria arctica []	No picture found Hartmeyeria bouilloni []	No picture found Hartmeyeria chinensis []
No picture found Hartmeyeria formosa []	No picture found Hartmeyeria hupferi []	No picture found Hartmeyeria monarchica []
No picture found Hartmeyeria orientalis []	No picture found Hartmeyeria triangularis []	No picture found Herdmania armata []
No picture found Herdmania colona []	No picture found Herdmania columna []	No picture found Herdmania contorta []
No picture found Herdmania coutieri []	No picture found Herdmania fimbriae []	No picture found Herdmania grandis []
No picture found Herdmania inflata []	No picture found Herdmania insolita []	No picture found Herdmania mentula []
Herdmania momus [Herdman's sea squirt]	No picture found Herdmania pallida []	No picture found Herdmania pennata []
No picture found Herdmania polyducta []	No picture found Heterostigma fagei []	No picture found Heterostigma gonochorica []
No picture found Heterostigma mediterranea []	No picture found Heterostigma melitensis []	No picture found Heterostigma reptans []
No picture found Heterostigma separ []	No picture found Heterostigma singulare []	No picture found Microcosmus agglutinans []
No picture found Microcosmus anchylodeirus []	No picture found Microcosmus anomalocarpus []	No picture found Microcosmus arenaceus []
No picture found Microcosmus australis []	No picture found Microcosmus bitunicatus []	No picture found Microcosmus claudicans []
No picture found Microcosmus curvus []	No picture found Microcosmus exasperatus []	No picture found Microcosmus glacialis []
No picture found Microcosmus helleri []	No picture found Microcosmus hernius []	No picture found Microcosmus hirsutus []
No picture found Microcosmus longicloa []	No picture found Microcosmus madagascariensis []	No picture found Microcosmus manaarensis []
No picture found Microcosmus miniaceus []	No picture found Microcosmus multiplicatus []	No picture found Microcosmus nudistigma []
No picture found Microcosmus oligophyllus []	No picture found Microcosmus pacificus []	No picture found Microcosmus pedunculatus []
No picture found Microcosmus planus []	Microcosmus polymorphus []	No picture found Microcosmus propinquus []
No picture found Microcosmus psammiferus []	No picture found Microcosmus pupa []	Microcosmus sabatieri []
No picture found Microcosmus santoensis []	No picture found Microcosmus savignyi []	Microcosmus squamiger [Scaly tunicate]
No picture found Microcosmus stoloniferus []	No picture found Microcosmus sulcatus []	No picture found Microcosmus trigonimus []
No picture found Microcosmus tuberculatus []	No picture found Microcosmus vesiculosus []	Microcosmus vulgaris []
No picture found Pyura abradata []	No picture found Pyura ambonensis []	No picture found Pyura antillarum []
No picture found Pyura arenosa []	No picture found Pyura australis []	No picture found Pyura baliensis []
Pyura bouvetensis []	No picture found Pyura camranica []	No picture found Pyura capensis []
No picture found Pyura chilensis [Edible sea squirt]	No picture found Pyura columna []	No picture found Pyura comma []
No picture found Pyura confragosa []	No picture found Pyura corallina []	No picture found Pyura crassacapitata []
No picture found Pyura crinita []	No picture found Pyura curvigona []	Pyura discoveryi []
No picture found Pyura dura []	No picture found Pyura elongata [Elongated tunicate]	No picture found Pyura fissa []
No picture found Pyura gangelion []	No picture found Pyura georgiana []	No picture found Pyura gibbosa []
No picture found Pyura haustor [Warty tunicate]	No picture found Pyura hebridensis []	No picture found Pyura herdmanni []
No picture found Pyura honu []	No picture found Pyura hupferi []	No picture found Pyura inopinata []
No picture found Pyura irregularis []	No picture found Pyura isobella []	No picture found Pyura legumen []
No picture found Pyura lepidoderma []	No picture found Pyura lignosa []	No picture found Pyura littoralis []
No picture found Pyura lutea []	No picture found Pyura lycoperdon []	No picture found Pyura mariscata []
No picture found Pyura microcosmus []	No picture found Pyura millari []	No picture found Pyura mirabilis [Aladdin's lamp tunicate]
No picture found Pyura mozambica []	No picture found Pyura multiruga []	No picture found Pyura munita []
No picture found Pyura navicula []	No picture found Pyura obesa []	No picture found Pyura ostreophila []
No picture found Pyura pachydermatina []	No picture found Pyura paessleri []	No picture found Pyura picta []
No picture found Pyura pilosa []	No picture found Pyura praeputialis []	No picture found Pyura praia []
No picture found Pyura pulla []	No picture found Pyura rapaformis []	No picture found Pyura robusta []
No picture found Pyura sacciformis []	No picture found Pyura sansibarica []	No picture found Pyura scortea []
No picture found Pyura setosa []	No picture found Pyura shiinoi []	No picture found Pyura spinifera []
No picture found Pyura spinosa []	No picture found Pyura squamata []	No picture found Pyura squamulosa []
No picture found Pyura stolonifera [Red bait]	No picture found Pyura stubenrauchi []	No picture found Pyura styeliformis []
No picture found Pyura tasmanensis []	No picture found Pyura tessellata []	No picture found Pyura tongaea []
No picture found Pyura tunica []	No picture found Pyura uatio []	No picture found Pyura viarecta []
No picture found Pyura vittata []	No picture found Pyurella hernia []

209 Species of Family Pyuridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Bathypera feminalba	Tiny white tunicate	Northeast Pacific	2 TL
Bathypera goreaui		Western Central Atlantic
Bathypera hastaefera		Antarctica.
Bathypera ovoida		Pacific Ocean.
Bathypera splendens		Antarctic Atlantic and So	10 WD
Bathypyura asymetrica		Pacific Ocean and Western
Bathypyura celata		Northeast Atlantic
Boltenia africana		Southeast Atlantic
Boltenia echinata	Spiny-tipped tunicate	Northern Pacific, Norther	2 WD
Boltenia hirta		Antarctic, sub-Antarctic
Boltenia ovifera	Stalked tunicate	Northern Atlantic, Northe	8 BL
Boltenia pilosa		Atlantic Ocean and Indian
Boltenia polyplacoderma		Eastern Central Pacific
Boltenia villosa	Spiny-headed sea squirt	Arctic to Northern Pacifi	2.5 WD
Bolteniopsis pacificus		Western Central Pacific
Bolteniopsis prenanti		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Bolteniopsis sessilis		Northern Atlantic
Claudenus antipodus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Claudenus appendiculata		Mediterranean.
Cratostigma campoyi		Mediterranean.
Cratostigma gravellophila		Northeast Atlantic and th
Cratostigma intermedia		Northeast Atlantic
Cratostigma regularis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Cratostigma simplex		Northeast Atlantic
Cratostigma singularis		Northeast Atlantic
Cratostigma vestigialis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Ctenyura comma		Northwest Pacific.
Ctenyura intermedia		Western Central Pacific
Ctenyura tetraplexa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Ctenyura tortuosa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Culeolus anonymus		Southern Atlantic, Southe
Culeolus antarcticus		Antarctic Atlantic and In	3.6 BASL
Culeolus caudatus		Western Central Pacific
Culeolus easteri	Tunicates	Eastern Central Pacific
Culeolus elegans		Western Central Pacific
Culeolus gigas		Eastern Central Pacific.
Culeolus herdmani		Indo-West Pacific.
Culeolus hospitalis		Western Central Pacific
Culeolus likae		Southwest Atlantic, Antar
Culeolus longipedunculatus		Northwest Pacific	6.5 BL
Culeolus murrayi		Antarctic Atlantic
Culeolus nadejdae		Northwest Pacific
Culeolus parvus		Atlantic Ocean
Culeolus pinguis		Antarctic.
Culeolus pyramidalis		Eastern Pacific.
Culeolus recumbens		Indo-West Pacific and the	1.3 BASL
Culeolus robustus		Northwest Pacific
Culeolus sluiteri		Northeast Pacific and the
Culeolus suhmi		Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci	28 BASL
Culeolus tenuis		Northern Pacific.	10 BL
Culeolus wyville-thomsoni		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Halocynthia aurantium	Pacific sea peach	Arctic and Northern Pacif	15 H
Halocynthia cactus		Western Pacific
Halocynthia dumosa	Spiny sea squirt	Indo-Pacific.	0.8 TL
Halocynthia hilgendorfi		Northwest Pacific
Halocynthia igaboja	Bristly tunicate	Pacific Ocean.	0.1 TL
Halocynthia johnsoni		Eastern Central Pacific
Halocynthia microspinosa		Western Central Atlantic.	5 TL
Halocynthia momus		Western Indian Ocean
Halocynthia okai		Northwest Pacific
Halocynthia owstoni		Northwest Pacific
Halocynthia papillosa		Atlantic, Western Pacific
Halocynthia pyriformis	Sea peach	Northern Atlantic, Northw	13 TL
Halocynthia ritteri		Northwest Pacific
Halocynthia roretzi	Korean common sea squirt	Northwest Pacific
Halocynthia spinosa		Southeast Atlantic and In
Hartmeyeria arctica		Arctic Ocean
Hartmeyeria bouilloni		Southeast Atlantic and In
Hartmeyeria chinensis		Northwest Pacific
Hartmeyeria formosa		Indo-West Pacific
Hartmeyeria hupferi		Eastern Central Atlantic	1 WD
Hartmeyeria monarchica		Western Indian Ocean
Hartmeyeria orientalis		Northwest Pacific
Hartmeyeria triangularis		Northern Pacific
Herdmania armata		Western Central Pacific
Herdmania colona		Western Central Pacific
Herdmania columna		Western Central Pacific
Herdmania contorta		Western Central Pacific
Herdmania coutieri		Western Indian Ocean.
Herdmania fimbriae		Indo-West Pacific
Herdmania grandis		Indo-West Pacific	16 WD
Herdmania inflata		Western Central Pacific
Herdmania insolita		Western Central Pacific.
Herdmania mentula		Eastern Indian Ocean
Herdmania momus	Herdman's sea squirt	Indo-West Pacific, Atlant	8 TL
Herdmania pallida		Indo-Pacific and Western	9 WD
Herdmania pennata		Western Central Pacific	1.6 WD
Herdmania polyducta		Western Central Pacific
Heterostigma fagei		Northeast Atlantic and th
Heterostigma gonochorica		Northeast Atlantic and th
Heterostigma mediterranea		Northeast Atlantic and th
Heterostigma melitensis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Heterostigma reptans		Northeast Atlantic and th
Heterostigma separ		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Heterostigma singulare		Northwest Atlantic
Microcosmus agglutinans		Eastern Indian Ocean
Microcosmus anchylodeirus		Western Central Atlantic
Microcosmus anomalocarpus		Western Indian Ocean
Microcosmus arenaceus		Indo-Pacific
Microcosmus australis		Indo-West Pacific
Microcosmus bitunicatus		Western Central Pacific
Microcosmus claudicans		Eastern Indian Ocean, Atl	4 WD
Microcosmus curvus		Pacific Ocean.	1.4 WD
Microcosmus exasperatus		Indo-West Pacific, Atlant	5.5 TL
Microcosmus glacialis		Northeast Atlantic
Microcosmus helleri		Indo-West Pacific and Atl
Microcosmus hernius		Northeast Atlantic
Microcosmus hirsutus		Southwest Pacific
Microcosmus longicloa		Western Central Pacific
Microcosmus madagascariensis		Indian Ocean	1.6 WD
Microcosmus manaarensis		Western Central Pacific
Microcosmus miniaceus		Eastern Central Pacific
Microcosmus multiplicatus		Western Central Pacific
Microcosmus nudistigma		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Microcosmus oligophyllus		Southeast Atlantic and We
Microcosmus pacificus		Western Central Pacific
Microcosmus pedunculatus		Eastern Central Atlantic
Microcosmus planus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Microcosmus polymorphus		Atlantic and the Mediterr	15 TL
Microcosmus propinquus		Indo-West Pacific
Microcosmus psammiferus		Southeast Atlantic
Microcosmus pupa		Indo-West Pacific and Nor	3 WD
Microcosmus sabatieri		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Microcosmus santoensis		Western Central Pacific
Microcosmus savignyi		Eastern Atlantic and the
Microcosmus squamiger	Scaly tunicate	Cosmopolitan.	5 COLD
Microcosmus stoloniferus		Indo-West Pacific
Microcosmus sulcatus		Western Indian Ocean and
Microcosmus trigonimus		Western Indian Ocean
Microcosmus tuberculatus		Western Central Pacific
Microcosmus vesiculosus		Western Central Pacific
Microcosmus vulgaris		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Pyura abradata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura ambonensis		Western Central Pacific
Pyura antillarum		Western Central Atlantic
Pyura arenosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Pyura australis		Indo-West Pacific
Pyura baliensis		Western Central Pacific
Pyura bouvetensis		Periantarctic.	3.5 BL
Pyura camranica		Western Central Pacific
Pyura capensis		Southern Atlantic
Pyura chilensis	Edible sea squirt	Southeast Pacific, Southw	5 TL
Pyura columna		Western Central Pacific
Pyura comma		Northwest Pacific
Pyura confragosa		Western Central Pacific
Pyura corallina		Mediterranean Sea.
Pyura crassacapitata		Indo-West Pacific
Pyura crinita		Southwest Pacific
Pyura curvigona		Indo-West Pacific.
Pyura discoveryi		Antarctic.
Pyura dura		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Pyura elongata	Elongated tunicate	Indo-West Pacific. tempe
Pyura fissa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura gangelion		Indo-West Pacific and Nor	6.5 WD
Pyura georgiana		Antarctic.
Pyura gibbosa		Indo-West Pacific
Pyura haustor	Warty tunicate	Eastern Pacific and the A	7.5 WD
Pyura hebridensis		Western Central Pacific
Pyura herdmanni		Southeast Atlantic
Pyura honu		Southwest Pacific
Pyura hupferi		Eastern Central Atlantic
Pyura inopinata		Western and Antarctic Ind
Pyura irregularis		Indo-West Pacific	1.1 TL
Pyura isobella		Indo-West Pacific
Pyura legumen		Southwest Atlantic, South
Pyura lepidoderma		Northwest Pacific
Pyura lignosa		Western Atlantic and East	15 TL
Pyura littoralis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura lutea		Southwest Pacific
Pyura lycoperdon		Antarctic.
Pyura mariscata		Southwest Atlantic
Pyura microcosmus		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Pyura millari		Southwest Atlantic
Pyura mirabilis	Aladdin's lamp tunicate	Pacific Ocean.
Pyura mozambica		Western Indian Ocean
Pyura multiruga		Antarctic.	4.5 WD
Pyura munita		Western Central Atlantic	5 TL
Pyura navicula		Western Central Pacific
Pyura obesa		Antarctic and Eastern Ind	22 TL
Pyura ostreophila		Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura pachydermatina		Indo-West Pacific
Pyura paessleri		Southwest Atlantic, Antar
Pyura picta		Southwest Pacific
Pyura pilosa		Antarctic Indian Ocean an	3 WD
Pyura praeputialis		Indo-Pacific
Pyura praia		Eastern Central Atlantic
Pyura pulla		Southwest Pacific
Pyura rapaformis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura robusta		Western Central Pacific.
Pyura sacciformis		Indo-West Pacific.
Pyura sansibarica		Western Indian Ocean.
Pyura scortea		Indo-West Pacific.
Pyura setosa		Antarctic and sub-Antarct
Pyura shiinoi		Western Pacific
Pyura spinifera		Indo-West Pacific
Pyura spinosa		Indo-West Pacific
Pyura squamata		Southwest Atlantic, Antar
Pyura squamulosa		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Pyura stolonifera	Red bait	Eastern Atlantic, Indo-We	40 TL
Pyura stubenrauchi		Antarctic, Southwest Atla
Pyura styeliformis		Western Central Pacific
Pyura tasmanensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura tessellata		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Pyura tongaea		Western Indian Ocean.	2.5 WD
Pyura tunica		Antarctic.
Pyura uatio		Western Central Pacific
Pyura viarecta		Western Central Pacific	9 TL
Pyura vittata		Western Pacific, Western	10 TL
Pyurella hernia		Northern Atlantic.	0.7 H

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