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Family: Styelidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Alloeocarpa aequatorialis []	No picture found Alloeocarpa bacca []	No picture found Alloeocarpa bigyna []
No picture found Alloeocarpa bridgesi []	No picture found Alloeocarpa incrustans []	No picture found Alloeocarpa loculosa []
No picture found Asterocarpa humilis []	No picture found Bathyoncus arafurensis []	No picture found Bathyoncus herdmani []
No picture found Bathyoncus lanatus []	No picture found Bathyoncus mirabilis []	No picture found Bathyoncus tantulus []
No picture found Bathystyeloides anfractus []	No picture found Bathystyeloides dubius []	No picture found Bathystyeloides enderbyanus []
No picture found Bathystyeloides laubieri []	No picture found Bathystyeloides magnus []	No picture found Bathystyeloides mexicanus []
No picture found Bathystyeloides miriducta []	No picture found Botryllocarpa elongata []	No picture found Botryllocarpa viridis []
No picture found Botrylloides anceps []	No picture found Botrylloides aureus []	No picture found Botrylloides diegensis []
No picture found Botrylloides israeliense []	Botrylloides leachii [Ladder ascidian]	No picture found Botrylloides meandrinum []
No picture found Botrylloides mediterraneum []	No picture found Botrylloides nigrum []	No picture found Botrylloides violaceus [Purple colonial tunicate]
No picture found Botryllus anceps []	No picture found Botryllus anomalus []	No picture found Botryllus arenaceus []
No picture found Botryllus aster []	No picture found Botryllus closionis [Fenced ascidian]	No picture found Botryllus compositus []
No picture found Botryllus delicatus []	No picture found Botryllus diegense []	No picture found Botryllus elegans [Seaweed ascidian]
No picture found Botryllus firmus []	No picture found Botryllus giganteum []	No picture found Botryllus gracilis []
No picture found Botryllus gregalis []	No picture found Botryllus leptus []	No picture found Botryllus maeandrius []
No picture found Botryllus magnicoecus [Star ascidian]	No picture found Botryllus magnus []	No picture found Botryllus meandrius []
No picture found Botryllus mortensi []	No picture found Botryllus niger []	No picture found Botryllus ovalis []
No picture found Botryllus perspicuum []	No picture found Botryllus planus []	No picture found Botryllus primigenus []
No picture found Botryllus promiscuus []	No picture found Botryllus puniceus []	No picture found Botryllus saccus []
No picture found Botryllus scalaris []	Botryllus schlosseri [Golden star tunicate]	No picture found Botryllus simodensis [Orange sheath tunicate]
No picture found Botryllus stewartensis []	No picture found Botryllus tuberatus [White spotted colonial tunicate]	No picture found Botryllus tyreus []
No picture found Chorizocarpa guttata []	No picture found Chorizocarpa michaelseni []	No picture found Chorizocarpa sydneiensis []
No picture found Chorizocormus reticulatus []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa acanthifera []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa aculeata []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa alisi []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa amphora []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa annectens []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa areolata []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa barbata []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa bathyphila []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa bicornuta []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa bythia []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa campylogona []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa cirrata []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa clara []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa clipeata []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa completa []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa concha []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa devia []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa digonas []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa drygalskii []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa effracta []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa eposi []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis [Shiny Red Sea squirt]	No picture found Cnemidocarpa fissa []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa floccosa []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa hartmeyeri []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa hemprichi []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa humilis []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa intestinata []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa irene []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa jacens []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa javensis []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa joannae []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa lobata []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa longata []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa margaritifera []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa minuta []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa mollis []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa mollispina []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa mortenseni []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa nisiotis []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa nordenskjoldi [Scallop sea squirt]
No picture found Cnemidocarpa ohlini [Little tomato]	No picture found Cnemidocarpa oligocarpa []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa pedata []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa personata []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa peruviana []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa pfefferi []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa platybranchia []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa posthuma []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa psammophora []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa radicata []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa radicosa []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa ramosa []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa recta []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa rectofissura []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa reticulata []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa rhizopus []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa robinsoni []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa sabulosa []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa schumacheri []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa sericata []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa squamata []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa stewartensis []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa stolonifera []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa tinaktae []
No picture found Cnemidocarpa tribranchiata []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa tripartita []	No picture found Cnemidocarpa univesica []
Cnemidocarpa verrucosa [Sea toad]	No picture found Cnemidocarpa victoriae []	No picture found Dendrodoa abbotti []
No picture found Dendrodoa aggregata []	No picture found Dendrodoa carnea []	Dendrodoa grossularia [Baked-bean ascidian]
No picture found Dendrodoa lineata []	No picture found Dendrodoa minuta []	No picture found Dendrodoa pulchella []
No picture found Dendrodoa uniplicata []	No picture found Dextrocarpa misanthropos []	No picture found Dicarpa antarctica []
No picture found Dicarpa atlantica []	No picture found Dicarpa cornicula []	No picture found Dicarpa fibrata []
No picture found Dicarpa insinuosa []	No picture found Dicarpa lata []	No picture found Dicarpa mysogyna []
No picture found Dicarpa pacifica []	No picture found Dicarpa simplex []	No picture found Dicarpa spinifera []
No picture found Dicarpa tricostata []	No picture found Distomus antiborealis []	No picture found Distomus fuscus []
No picture found Distomus hupferi []	No picture found Distomus pacificus []	No picture found Distomus rudentiformis []
No picture found Distomus variolosus []	No picture found Eusynstyela beuziti []	No picture found Eusynstyela caudata []
No picture found Eusynstyela discoidea []	No picture found Eusynstyela errans []	No picture found Eusynstyela grandis []
No picture found Eusynstyela gravei []	No picture found Eusynstyela hartmeyeri []	No picture found Eusynstyela latericius []
No picture found Eusynstyela miniata []	No picture found Eusynstyela misakiensis []	No picture found Eusynstyela phiala []
No picture found Eusynstyela tincta []	No picture found Eusynstyela transversalis []	No picture found Gynandrocarpa placenta []
No picture found Gynandrocarpa solitaris []	No picture found Hemistyela pacifica []	No picture found Kukenthalia borealis []
No picture found Metandrocarpa agitata []	No picture found Metandrocarpa asymmetra []	No picture found Metandrocarpa dura [Colonial tunicate]
No picture found Metandrocarpa fascicularis []	No picture found Metandrocarpa indica []	No picture found Metandrocarpa manina []
No picture found Metandrocarpa michaelseni []	No picture found Metandrocarpa miniscula []	No picture found Metandrocarpa reducta []
No picture found Metandrocarpa taylori [Taylor's social tunicate]	No picture found Metandrocarpa vedai []	No picture found Minostyela clavata []
No picture found Monandrocarpa abyssa []	No picture found Monandrocarpa plana []	No picture found Monandrocarpa simplicigona []
No picture found Monandrocarpa tritonis []	No picture found Oculinaria australis []	No picture found Oculinaria occultare []
No picture found Oligocarpa megalorchis []	No picture found Oligocarpa skoogi []	No picture found Pelonaia corrugata []
No picture found Polyandrocarpa abjornseni []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa anguinea []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa australiensis []
No picture found Polyandrocarpa colemani []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa colligata []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa durbanensis []
No picture found Polyandrocarpa floridana []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa glandulosa []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa griffithsi []
No picture found Polyandrocarpa lapidosa []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa oligocarpa []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa placenta []
No picture found Polyandrocarpa polypora []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa robusta []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa rollandi []
No picture found Polyandrocarpa sabanillae []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa sagamiensis []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa simulans []
No picture found Polyandrocarpa sparsa []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa tarona []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa triggiensis []
No picture found Polyandrocarpa violacea []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa watsonia []	No picture found Polyandrocarpa zorritensis []
No picture found Polycarpa aernbaeckae []	No picture found Polycarpa albatrossi []	No picture found Polycarpa anguinea []
No picture found Polycarpa appropinquata []	No picture found Polycarpa arenosa []	No picture found Polycarpa argentata []
No picture found Polycarpa arnbackae []	No picture found Polycarpa arnoldi []	No picture found Polycarpa atromarginata []
Polycarpa aurata [Goldmouth sea squirt]	No picture found Polycarpa aurita []	No picture found Polycarpa beuziti []
No picture found Polycarpa biforis []	No picture found Polycarpa biscayensis []	No picture found Polycarpa camptos []
No picture found Polycarpa carpocincta []	No picture found Polycarpa cartilaginea []	No picture found Polycarpa caudata []
No picture found Polycarpa chinensis []	No picture found Polycarpa clavata []	No picture found Polycarpa comata []
No picture found Polycarpa contecta []	No picture found Polycarpa crossogonima []	No picture found Polycarpa cryptocarpa []
No picture found Polycarpa decipiens []	No picture found Polycarpa delta []	No picture found Polycarpa directa []
No picture found Polycarpa discoidea []	No picture found Polycarpa errans []	No picture found Polycarpa fibrosa []
No picture found Polycarpa flava []	No picture found Polycarpa fungiformis []	No picture found Polycarpa goreensis []
No picture found Polycarpa gracilis []	No picture found Polycarpa gradata []	No picture found Polycarpa hartmeyeri []
No picture found Polycarpa indiana []	No picture found Polycarpa inhacae []	No picture found Polycarpa insulsa []
No picture found Polycarpa intonata []	No picture found Polycarpa itera []	No picture found Polycarpa kapala []
No picture found Polycarpa kornogi []	No picture found Polycarpa longiformis []	No picture found Polycarpa longitubis []
No picture found Polycarpa macra []	No picture found Polycarpa maculata []	No picture found Polycarpa madagascariensis []
No picture found Polycarpa mamillaris []	No picture found Polycarpa maruhi []	No picture found Polycarpa melanosiphonica []
No picture found Polycarpa minuta []	No picture found Polycarpa molguloides []	No picture found Polycarpa muelleri []
No picture found Polycarpa mytiligera []	No picture found Polycarpa natalensis []	No picture found Polycarpa nigerrima []
No picture found Polycarpa nigricans []	No picture found Polycarpa nota []	No picture found Polycarpa obscura []
No picture found Polycarpa obtecta []	No picture found Polycarpa offa []	No picture found Polycarpa olitoria []
No picture found Polycarpa ovata []	No picture found Polycarpa papillata []	No picture found Polycarpa papyra []
No picture found Polycarpa pedunculata []	No picture found Polycarpa pentarhiza []	No picture found Polycarpa perstellata []
No picture found Polycarpa pigmentata []	No picture found Polycarpa plantei []	No picture found Polycarpa plenovata []
No picture found Polycarpa pomaria []	No picture found Polycarpa porculus []	No picture found Polycarpa pori []
No picture found Polycarpa procera []	No picture found Polycarpa producta []	No picture found Polycarpa pseudoalbatrossi []
No picture found Polycarpa pusilla []	No picture found Polycarpa reniformis []	No picture found Polycarpa reviviscens []
No picture found Polycarpa richeri []	No picture found Polycarpa rigida []	No picture found Polycarpa rima []
No picture found Polycarpa rockallensis []	No picture found Polycarpa rubida []	No picture found Polycarpa rustica []
No picture found Polycarpa sabulosa []	No picture found Polycarpa scuba []	No picture found Polycarpa seychellensis []
No picture found Polycarpa sobria []	No picture found Polycarpa sourieri []	No picture found Polycarpa spongiabilis [Giant tunicate]
No picture found Polycarpa stirpes []	No picture found Polycarpa suesana []	No picture found Polycarpa takarazima []
No picture found Polycarpa tenera []	No picture found Polycarpa thelyphanes []	No picture found Polycarpa tinctor []
No picture found Polycarpa tinctorella []	No picture found Polycarpa tokiokai []	No picture found Polycarpa translucida []
No picture found Polycarpa triruga []	No picture found Polycarpa tumida []	No picture found Polycarpa vankampeni []
No picture found Polycarpa violacea []	No picture found Polycarpa viridis []	No picture found Polycarpa zeteta []
No picture found Polyzoa exigua []	No picture found Polyzoa insularis []	No picture found Polyzoa minor []
No picture found Polyzoa nodosa []	No picture found Polyzoa opuntia [Marine prickly pear]	No picture found Polyzoa translucida []
No picture found Polyzoa vesiculiphora []	No picture found Polyzoa violacea []	No picture found Protostyela heterobranchia []
No picture found Protostyela longicauda []	No picture found Psammostyela delamarei []	No picture found Seriocarpa cristata []
No picture found Seriocarpa littoralis []	No picture found Seriocarpa rhizoides []	No picture found Seriocarpa tongae []
No picture found Stolonica agnata []	No picture found Stolonica aluta []	No picture found Stolonica australis []
No picture found Stolonica bigyna []	No picture found Stolonica brevigastra []	No picture found Stolonica carnosa []
No picture found Stolonica diptycha []	No picture found Stolonica duploplicata []	No picture found Stolonica inhacae []
No picture found Stolonica laboutei []	No picture found Stolonica laevis []	No picture found Stolonica limbata []
No picture found Stolonica michaelseni []	No picture found Stolonica multitestis []	No picture found Stolonica nodula []
No picture found Stolonica prolifera []	No picture found Stolonica reducta []	No picture found Stolonica schauinslandi []
Stolonica socialis []	No picture found Stolonica styeliformis []	No picture found Stolonica truncata []
No picture found Stolonica variata []	No picture found Stolonica vermiculata []	No picture found Stolonica vesicularis []
No picture found Styela adriatica []	No picture found Styela angularis []	No picture found Styela aomori []
No picture found Styela asterogama []	No picture found Styela atlantica []	No picture found Styela barnharti []
No picture found Styela bathybia []	No picture found Styela bicolor []	No picture found Styela calva []
No picture found Styela canopus [Rough sea tunicate]	No picture found Styela chaini []	No picture found Styela charcoti []
No picture found Styela clara []	Styela clava [Clubbed tunicate]	No picture found Styela clavata []
No picture found Styela coriacea [Pimpled sea squirt]	No picture found Styela crinita []	No picture found Styela eurygaster []
No picture found Styela gagetyleri []	No picture found Styela gelatinosa []	No picture found Styela gibbsii [Peanut sea squirt]
No picture found Styela glans []	No picture found Styela gracilocarpa []	No picture found Styela hadalis []
No picture found Styela kottae []	No picture found Styela loculosa []	No picture found Styela longiducta []
No picture found Styela macrenteron []	No picture found Styela magalhaensis []	No picture found Styela mallei []
No picture found Styela marquesana []	No picture found Styela materna []	No picture found Styela meteoris []
No picture found Styela milleri []	No picture found Styela minima []	No picture found Styela montereyensis [Stalked sea squirt]
No picture found Styela multitentaculata []	No picture found Styela oblonga []	No picture found Styela ordinaria []
No picture found Styela paessleri []	Styela plicata [Pleated sea squirt]	No picture found Styela polypes []
No picture found Styela psoliformis []	No picture found Styela pupa []	No picture found Styela radicata []
Styela rustica []	No picture found Styela schmitti []	No picture found Styela sericata []
No picture found Styela serpentina []	No picture found Styela sigma []	No picture found Styela similis []
No picture found Styela squamosa []	No picture found Styela suluensis []	No picture found Styela talpina []
No picture found Styela tenuibranchia []	No picture found Styela tesseris []	No picture found Styela thalassae []
No picture found Styela theeli []	No picture found Styela tokiokai []	No picture found Styela truncata []
No picture found Styela wandeli []	No picture found Styela yakutatensis []	No picture found Symplegma alterna []
No picture found Symplegma arenosa []	No picture found Symplegma bahraini []	No picture found Symplegma brakenhielmi []
No picture found Symplegma connectens []	No picture found Symplegma japonica []	No picture found Symplegma reptans [Pillow-like tunicate]
No picture found Symplegma rubra []	No picture found Symplegma stuhlmanni []	No picture found Symplegma teruakii []
No picture found Symplegma viride []	No picture found Symplegma zebra []	No picture found Theodorella arenosa []
No picture found Theodorella stewartensis []	No picture found Theodorella torus []	No picture found Tibitin halimedae []
No picture found Tibitin manu []	No picture found Tibitin probatus []

452 Species of Family Styelidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Alloeocarpa aequatorialis		Western Central Pacific
Alloeocarpa bacca		Antarctic, Southwest Atla
Alloeocarpa bigyna		Southwest Atlantic, South
Alloeocarpa bridgesi		Antarctic, Southwest Atla
Alloeocarpa incrustans		Antarctic and Southwest A
Alloeocarpa loculosa		Northeast Atlantic and So
Asterocarpa humilis		Indo-Pacific
Bathyoncus arafurensis		Western Central Pacific
Bathyoncus herdmani		Northeast Atlantic
Bathyoncus lanatus		Western Central Pacific	1.8 WD
Bathyoncus mirabilis		Antarctic Atlantic and In	0.8 H
Bathyoncus tantulus		Pacific Ocean
Bathystyeloides anfractus		Western Indian Ocean	0.5 WD
Bathystyeloides dubius		Eastern Atlantic
Bathystyeloides enderbyanus		Antarctic, Mediterranean,
Bathystyeloides laubieri		Eastern Atlantic
Bathystyeloides magnus		Indo-West Pacific	1.7 WD
Bathystyeloides mexicanus		Western Central Atlantic
Bathystyeloides miriducta		Western Central Pacific
Botryllocarpa elongata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Botryllocarpa viridis		Eastern Central Pacific
Botrylloides anceps		Western Central Pacific
Botrylloides aureus		North Atlantic.
Botrylloides diegensis		Eastern Central Pacific a
Botrylloides israeliense		Mediterranean Sea.
Botrylloides leachii	Ladder ascidian	Cosmopolitan.
Botrylloides meandrinum		Western Indian Ocean
Botrylloides mediterraneum		Mediterranean
Botrylloides nigrum		Cosmopolitan.
Botrylloides violaceus	Purple colonial tunicate	Cosmopolitan.
Botryllus anceps		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an
Botryllus anomalus		Western Indian Ocean
Botryllus arenaceus		Western Central Pacific
Botryllus aster		Western Central Pacific
Botryllus closionis	Fenced ascidian	Southeast Atlantic
Botryllus compositus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Botryllus delicatus		Northwest Pacific
Botryllus diegense		Northwest Atlantic and Ea
Botryllus elegans	Seaweed ascidian	Southeast Atlantic and We
Botryllus firmus		Western Central Pacific.
Botryllus giganteum		Eastern Atlantic and Indo
Botryllus gracilis		Indo-West Pacific
Botryllus gregalis		Southeast Atlantic and In
Botryllus leptus		Western Central Pacific
Botryllus maeandrius		Western Indian Ocean	1 WD
Botryllus magnicoecus	Star ascidian	Southeast Atlantic and In
Botryllus magnus		Northern Pacific.
Botryllus meandrius		Southeast Atlantic and In
Botryllus mortensi		Southeast Atlantic and We
Botryllus niger		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W
Botryllus ovalis		Western Central Pacific
Botryllus perspicuum		Indo-Pacific and Western
Botryllus planus		Western Atlantic and West
Botryllus primigenus		Western Atlantic
Botryllus promiscuus		Northwest Pacific.
Botryllus puniceus		Northwest Pacific.
Botryllus saccus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Botryllus scalaris		Northwest Pacific
Botryllus schlosseri	Golden star tunicate	Cosmopolitan.	5 TL
Botryllus simodensis	Orange sheath tunicate	Eastern Central Pacific
Botryllus stewartensis		Indo-West Pacific
Botryllus tuberatus	White spotted colonial tunicate	Indo-Pacific and Western	0.4 COLD
Botryllus tyreus		Western Central Pacific
Chorizocarpa guttata		Western Pacific
Chorizocarpa michaelseni		Western Central Pacific
Chorizocarpa sydneiensis		Western Pacific
Chorizocormus reticulatus		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Cnemidocarpa acanthifera		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa aculeata		Western Central Pacific;
Cnemidocarpa alisi		Western Central Pacific
Cnemidocarpa amphora		Eastern Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa annectens		Northern Atlantic
Cnemidocarpa areolata		Western Pacific
Cnemidocarpa barbata		Southwest Atlantic, Antar	1 H
Cnemidocarpa bathyphila		Atlantic Ocean, Indo-West	0.7 WD
Cnemidocarpa bicornuta		Southwest Pacific
Cnemidocarpa bythia		Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci	2 TL
Cnemidocarpa campylogona		Western Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa cirrata		Northeast Atlantic
Cnemidocarpa clara		Northwest Pacific
Cnemidocarpa clipeata		Northeast Atlantic
Cnemidocarpa completa		Indo-West Pacific
Cnemidocarpa concha		Western Indian Ocean	9 TL
Cnemidocarpa devia		Northeast Atlantic
Cnemidocarpa digonas		Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
Cnemidocarpa drygalskii		Southwest Atlantic, Pacif
Cnemidocarpa effracta		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa eposi		Antarctic Atlantic
Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis	Shiny Red Sea squirt	Northern Atlantic, Northe	5 WD
Cnemidocarpa fissa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa floccosa		Pacific Ocean.
Cnemidocarpa hartmeyeri		Northeast Atlantic
Cnemidocarpa hemprichi		Indo-West Pacific.	3 TL
Cnemidocarpa humilis		Indo-Pacific
Cnemidocarpa intestinata		Western Central Pacific
Cnemidocarpa irene		Pacific Ocean and Atlanti
Cnemidocarpa jacens		Western Central Pacific
Cnemidocarpa javensis		Western Central Pacific
Cnemidocarpa joannae		Northeast Pacific
Cnemidocarpa lobata		Indo-West Pacific
Cnemidocarpa longata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa margaritifera		Western Indian Ocean	2.5 TL
Cnemidocarpa minuta		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa mollis		Northern Atlantic and the	1.5 WD
Cnemidocarpa mollispina		Northern Atlantic
Cnemidocarpa mortenseni		Northeast Atlantic.
Cnemidocarpa nisiotis		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Cnemidocarpa nordenskjoldi	Scallop sea squirt	Southeast Pacific, Southw
Cnemidocarpa ohlini	Little tomato	Antarctic, Southwest Atla
Cnemidocarpa oligocarpa		Western Central Pacific
Cnemidocarpa pedata		Indo-West Pacific.
Cnemidocarpa personata		Indo-West Pacific
Cnemidocarpa peruviana		Southeast Pacific.
Cnemidocarpa pfefferi		Periantarctic.
Cnemidocarpa platybranchia		Indo-West Pacific, Atlant	0.8 WD
Cnemidocarpa posthuma		Eastern Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa psammophora		Eastern Atlantic
Cnemidocarpa radicata		Indo-West Pacific
Cnemidocarpa radicosa		Indo-West Pacific
Cnemidocarpa ramosa		Northwest Pacific
Cnemidocarpa recta		Western Central Pacific
Cnemidocarpa rectofissura		Southwest Pacific
Cnemidocarpa reticulata		Western Central Pacific
Cnemidocarpa rhizopus		Northern Atlantic and Nor
Cnemidocarpa robinsoni		Southwest Atlantic and So
Cnemidocarpa sabulosa		Northeast Atlantic
Cnemidocarpa schumacheri		Western Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa sericata		Antarctic, Southeast Atla
Cnemidocarpa squamata		Northeast Atlantic
Cnemidocarpa stewartensis		Southwest Pacific
Cnemidocarpa stolonifera		Western Pacific
Cnemidocarpa tinaktae		Western Central Pacific	1.8 WD
Cnemidocarpa tribranchiata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa tripartita		Eastern Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa univesica		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cnemidocarpa verrucosa	Sea toad	Southwest Atlantic, South	20 TL
Cnemidocarpa victoriae		Southwest Atlantic and So
Dendrodoa abbotti		Eastern Pacific.
Dendrodoa aggregata		Northern Pacific, Norther
Dendrodoa carnea		Northern Atlantic
Dendrodoa grossularia	Baked-bean ascidian	Arctic, Northern Pacific	2 H
Dendrodoa lineata		Arctic, Northwest Pacific
Dendrodoa minuta		Northeast Atlantic
Dendrodoa pulchella		Arctic, Northern Pacific
Dendrodoa uniplicata		Northeast Atlantic
Dextrocarpa misanthropos		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Dicarpa antarctica		Antarctic Indian Ocean an	0.7 WD
Dicarpa atlantica		Eastern Atlantic
Dicarpa cornicula		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Dicarpa fibrata		Eastern Central Atlantic
Dicarpa insinuosa		Antarctic.
Dicarpa lata		Southeast Atlantic. Sout	0.4 WD
Dicarpa mysogyna		Antarctic.
Dicarpa pacifica		Northeast Atlantic and We
Dicarpa simplex		Atlantic Ocean and Easter
Dicarpa spinifera		Southwest Atlantic
Dicarpa tricostata		Antarctic.
Distomus antiborealis		Southeast Atlantic
Distomus fuscus		Northeast Atlantic
Distomus hupferi		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Distomus pacificus		Western Central Pacific
Distomus rudentiformis		Eastern Central Atlantic
Distomus variolosus		Northeast Atlantic and th
Eusynstyela beuziti		Eastern Atlantic
Eusynstyela caudata		Northeast Atlantic.
Eusynstyela discoidea		Northeast Atlantic.
Eusynstyela errans		Northeast Atlantic.
Eusynstyela grandis		Western Central Pacific
Eusynstyela gravei		Western Central Atlantic.
Eusynstyela hartmeyeri		Indo-Pacific, Northeast A
Eusynstyela latericius		Indo-West Pacific.
Eusynstyela miniata		Western Indian Ocean
Eusynstyela misakiensis		Western Pacific
Eusynstyela phiala		Western Central Pacific
Eusynstyela tincta		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P
Eusynstyela transversalis		Eastern Central Pacific
Gynandrocarpa placenta		Southeast Atlantic and In
Gynandrocarpa solitaris		Southeast Atlantic and In
Hemistyela pacifica		Northeast Pacific
Kukenthalia borealis		Northern Atlantic and the
Metandrocarpa agitata		Indo-West Pacific
Metandrocarpa asymmetra		Southeast Atlantic
Metandrocarpa dura	Colonial tunicate	Eastern Pacific	0.6 WD
Metandrocarpa fascicularis		Southeast Atlantic
Metandrocarpa indica		Eastern Indian Ocean
Metandrocarpa manina		Indo-West Pacific
Metandrocarpa michaelseni		Eastern Pacific
Metandrocarpa miniscula		Western Central Pacific
Metandrocarpa reducta		Indo-West Pacific	0.03 WD
Metandrocarpa taylori	Taylor's social tunicate	Eastern Pacific. Tempera	20 COLD
Metandrocarpa vedai		Northwest Pacific
Minostyela clavata		Antarctic
Monandrocarpa abyssa		Antarctic Atlantic and So	3 TL
Monandrocarpa plana		Western Pacific
Monandrocarpa simplicigona		Western Central Pacific	1.5 WD
Monandrocarpa tritonis		Southeast Atlantic
Oculinaria australis		Indo-West Pacific
Oculinaria occultare		Western Central Pacific
Oligocarpa megalorchis		Antarctic Indian Ocean an
Oligocarpa skoogi		Southeast Atlantic
Pelonaia corrugata		Northeast Atlantic, North	14 TL
Polyandrocarpa abjornseni		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyandrocarpa anguinea		Western Atlantic and East	1.5 TL
Polyandrocarpa australiensis		Indo-West Pacific
Polyandrocarpa colemani		Western Pacific	1.5 TL
Polyandrocarpa colligata		Western Central Pacific
Polyandrocarpa durbanensis		Western Indian Ocean
Polyandrocarpa floridana		Western Central Atlantic
Polyandrocarpa glandulosa		Western Central Pacific
Polyandrocarpa griffithsi		Western Indian Ocean
Polyandrocarpa lapidosa		Indo-West Pacific
Polyandrocarpa oligocarpa		Southwest Pacific
Polyandrocarpa placenta		Southeast Atlantic and th
Polyandrocarpa polypora		Western Central Pacific
Polyandrocarpa robusta		Indo-Pacific
Polyandrocarpa rollandi		Indo-West Pacific.
Polyandrocarpa sabanillae		Western Central Atlantic
Polyandrocarpa sagamiensis		Pacific Ocean
Polyandrocarpa simulans		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyandrocarpa sparsa		Southwest Pacific
Polyandrocarpa tarona		Eastern Central Pacific
Polyandrocarpa triggiensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyandrocarpa violacea		Western Indian Ocean
Polyandrocarpa watsonia		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyandrocarpa zorritensis		Cosmopolitan.	15 COLD
Polycarpa aernbaeckae		Northeast Atlantic
Polycarpa albatrossi		Northern Atlantic.	0.1 WD
Polycarpa anguinea		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W
Polycarpa appropinquata		Western Central Atlantic
Polycarpa arenosa		Western Indian Ocean
Polycarpa argentata		Indo-West Pacific.
Polycarpa arnbackae		Northeast Atlantic
Polycarpa arnoldi		Western Indian Ocean and	4 WD
Polycarpa atromarginata		Eastern Central Pacific
Polycarpa aurata	Goldmouth sea squirt	Indo-West Pacific.
Polycarpa aurita		Indo-Pacific and Western
Polycarpa beuziti		Northeast Atlantic.
Polycarpa biforis		Indo-West Pacific.
Polycarpa biscayensis		Northeast Atlantic
Polycarpa camptos		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa carpocincta		Western Central Pacific.	2.5 WD
Polycarpa cartilaginea		Western Central Atlantic.	2 TL
Polycarpa caudata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Polycarpa chinensis		Indo-West Pacific. Subtr
Polycarpa clavata		Indo-West Pacific
Polycarpa comata		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polycarpa contecta		Western Central Pacific.
Polycarpa crossogonima		Western Central Atlantic
Polycarpa cryptocarpa		Indo-Pacific.
Polycarpa decipiens		Indo-West Pacific.
Polycarpa delta		Northwest Atlantic
Polycarpa directa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polycarpa discoidea		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polycarpa errans		Northeast Atlantic
Polycarpa fibrosa		Atlantic, Mediterranean,	3.5 WD
Polycarpa flava		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polycarpa fungiformis		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa goreensis		Eastern Central Atlantic
Polycarpa gracilis		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polycarpa gradata		Western Indian Ocean.
Polycarpa hartmeyeri		Indo-West Pacific
Polycarpa indiana		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polycarpa inhacae		Western Indian Ocean
Polycarpa insulsa		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Polycarpa intonata		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa itera		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polycarpa kapala		Southwest Pacific
Polycarpa kornogi		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polycarpa longiformis		Indo-West Pacific
Polycarpa longitubis		Eastern Central Atlantic
Polycarpa macra		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa maculata		Northwest Pacific
Polycarpa madagascariensis		Western Indian Ocean.	8 TL
Polycarpa mamillaris		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polycarpa maruhi		Southwest Pacific
Polycarpa melanosiphonica		Indo-West Pacific
Polycarpa minuta		Antarctic
Polycarpa molguloides		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polycarpa muelleri		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polycarpa mytiligera		Indo-West Pacific and Sou
Polycarpa natalensis		Indo-West Pacific
Polycarpa nigerrima		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa nigricans		Indo-West Pacific.
Polycarpa nota		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa obscura		Indo-West Pacific
Polycarpa obtecta		Western Central Atlantic.
Polycarpa offa		Northeast Atlantic
Polycarpa olitoria		Indo-West Pacific.
Polycarpa ovata		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa papillata		Indo-West Pacific.	12 TL
Polycarpa papyra		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa pedunculata		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi
Polycarpa pentarhiza		Northeast Atlantic and th
Polycarpa perstellata		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa pigmentata		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi
Polycarpa plantei		Western Indian Ocean	5 WD
Polycarpa plenovata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polycarpa pomaria		Northeast Atlantic and th	7 TL
Polycarpa porculus		Northeast Atlantic
Polycarpa pori		Western Indian Ocean	2 TL
Polycarpa procera		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi
Polycarpa producta		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa pseudoalbatrossi		Atlantic Ocean.
Polycarpa pusilla		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Polycarpa reniformis		Western Pacific.
Polycarpa reviviscens		Western Central Pacific.
Polycarpa richeri		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa rigida		Indo-West Pacific
Polycarpa rima		Western Central Pacific.	8 TL
Polycarpa rockallensis		Northeast Atlantic
Polycarpa rubida		Southwest Atlantic and We
Polycarpa rustica		Northeast Atlantic
Polycarpa sabulosa		Mediterranean
Polycarpa scuba		Eastern Atlantic
Polycarpa seychellensis		Western Indian Ocean
Polycarpa sobria		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polycarpa sourieri		Eastern Central Atlantic
Polycarpa spongiabilis	Giant tunicate	Western Atlantic.	5 TL
Polycarpa stirpes		Indo-West Pacific.	3.5 H
Polycarpa suesana		Western Indian Ocean.	5 TL
Polycarpa takarazima		Northwest Pacific
Polycarpa tenera		Northeast Atlantic and th
Polycarpa thelyphanes		Indo-West Pacific
Polycarpa tinctor		Southwest Pacific
Polycarpa tinctorella		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polycarpa tokiokai		Western Central Pacific.
Polycarpa translucida		Eastern Central Atlantic
Polycarpa triruga		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa tumida		Western Central Pacific
Polycarpa vankampeni		Indo-Pacific
Polycarpa violacea		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Polycarpa viridis		Indo-West Pacific
Polycarpa zeteta		Southwest Pacific
Polyzoa exigua		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyzoa insularis		Southeast Atlantic
Polyzoa minor		Western and Antarctic Ind
Polyzoa nodosa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Polyzoa opuntia	Marine prickly pear	Southwest Atlantic, South
Polyzoa translucida		Pacific Ocean
Polyzoa vesiculiphora		Northwest Pacific
Polyzoa violacea		Indo-West Pacific.
Protostyela heterobranchia		Northeast Atlantic
Protostyela longicauda		Northeast Atlantic
Psammostyela delamarei		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Seriocarpa cristata		Western Central Pacific
Seriocarpa littoralis		Western Central Pacific
Seriocarpa rhizoides		Atlantic Ocean, Pacific O
Seriocarpa tongae		Western Central Pacific
Stolonica agnata		Indo-West Pacific
Stolonica aluta		Eastern Indian Ocean
Stolonica australis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Stolonica bigyna		Western Central Pacific
Stolonica brevigastra		Eastern Indian Ocean
Stolonica carnosa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Stolonica diptycha		Eastern Indian Ocean
Stolonica duploplicata		Western Central Pacific.
Stolonica inhacae		Western Indian Ocean	1 WD
Stolonica laboutei		Western Central Pacific
Stolonica laevis		Western Indian Ocean
Stolonica limbata		Western Central Pacific
Stolonica michaelseni		Southwest Pacific
Stolonica multitestis		Indo-West Pacific.
Stolonica nodula		Western Central Pacific
Stolonica prolifera		Western Indian Ocean	0.04 H
Stolonica reducta		Indo-West Pacific
Stolonica schauinslandi		Southwest Pacific
Stolonica socialis		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Stolonica styeliformis		Western Central Pacific
Stolonica truncata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Stolonica variata		Western Central Pacific
Stolonica vermiculata		Southwest Pacific
Stolonica vesicularis		Western Central Pacific
Styela adriatica		Northeast Atlantic and th
Styela angularis		Southeast Atlantic
Styela aomori		Northwest Pacific
Styela asterogama		Indo-West Pacific
Styela atlantica		Northeast Atlantic
Styela barnharti		Eastern Central Pacific
Styela bathybia		Northeast Atlantic
Styela bicolor		Western Central Pacific
Styela calva		Eastern Atlantic, Indo-We	0.6 WD
Styela canopus	Rough sea tunicate	Cosmopolitan.	2 TL
Styela chaini		Northeast Atlantic
Styela charcoti		Atlantic Ocean and Indian
Styela clara		Northwest Pacific
Styela clava	Clubbed tunicate	Cosmopolitan.	12 TL
Styela clavata		Arctic and Pacific Ocean
Styela coriacea	Pimpled sea squirt	Pacific Ocean, Northeast	3 H
Styela crinita		Mediterranean, Atlantic a	0.7 WD
Styela eurygaster		Southwest Atlantic
Styela gagetyleri		Western Indian Ocean.
Styela gelatinosa		Northeast Atlantic.
Styela gibbsii	Peanut sea squirt	Northeast Atlantic and Ea	15 H
Styela glans		Southwest Atlantic, South
Styela gracilocarpa		Southwest Pacific
Styela hadalis		Northwest Pacific.
Styela kottae		Western Central Pacific
Styela loculosa		Atlantic Ocean
Styela longiducta		Western Indian Ocean
Styela macrenteron		Arctic and Northeast Paci
Styela magalhaensis		Antarctic, Southwest Atla
Styela mallei		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Styela marquesana		Western Indian Ocean
Styela materna		Southeast Atlantic and An
Styela meteoris		Western Indian Ocean
Styela milleri		Atlantic and Indo-Pacific
Styela minima		Western Atlantic
Styela montereyensis	Stalked sea squirt	Eastern Pacific. Tropica	25 H
Styela multitentaculata		Northeast Pacific.
Styela oblonga		Southwest Atlantic
Styela ordinaria		Southern Indian Ocean
Styela paessleri		Antarctic, Southwest Atla
Styela plicata	Pleated sea squirt	Cosmopolitan.	8 TL
Styela polypes		Southwest Pacific.
Styela psoliformis		Southeast Pacific
Styela pupa		Western Indian Ocean
Styela radicata		Western Indian Ocean
Styela rustica		Northern Atlantic, Pacifi
Styela schmitti		Southwest Atlantic and th
Styela sericata		Antarctic
Styela serpentina		Antarctica.
Styela sigma		Northeast Atlantic and Pa	3 TL
Styela similis		Northern Atlantic.
Styela squamosa		Indo-Pacific, Southern At
Styela suluensis		Western Central Pacific
Styela talpina		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Styela tenuibranchia		Indo-West Pacific	1.5 WD
Styela tesseris		Eastern Central Pacific
Styela thalassae		Northeast Atlantic
Styela theeli		Northeast Atlantic
Styela tokiokai		Northwest Pacific
Styela truncata		Pacific Ocean.
Styela wandeli		Antarctic and sub-Antarct
Styela yakutatensis		Northeast Pacific
Symplegma alterna		Western Central Pacific
Symplegma arenosa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Symplegma bahraini		Indo-West Pacific.
Symplegma brakenhielmi		Indo-Pacific, Western Atl	7 COLD
Symplegma connectens		Pacific Ocean
Symplegma japonica		Northwest Pacific
Symplegma reptans	Pillow-like tunicate	Pacific Ocean.	30 COLD
Symplegma rubra		Western Atlantic and Indo
Symplegma stuhlmanni		Indo-West Pacific.
Symplegma teruakii		Western Central Pacific
Symplegma viride		Cosmopolitan.
Symplegma zebra		Western Indian Ocean
Theodorella arenosa		Antarctic Atlantic and So
Theodorella stewartensis		Southwest Pacific
Theodorella torus		Southwest Pacific
Tibitin halimedae		Western Central Atlantic.
Tibitin manu		Southwest Pacific
Tibitin probatus		Northeast Atlantic and th

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