Species under Pyura
n= 77
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Pyura abradata
Kott, 1985
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura ambonensis
Millar, 1975
Western Central Pacific
Pyura antillarum
Van Name, 1921
Western Central Atlantic
Pyura arenosa
(Herdman, 1882)
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura australis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura baliensis
Millar, 1975
Western Central Pacific
Pyura bouvetensis
(Michaelsen, 1904)
Periantarctic 3.5
Pyura camranica
(Vorontsova & Cole, 1995)
Western Central Pacific
Pyura capensis
Hartmeyer, 1911
Southern Atlantic
Pyura chilensis
Molina, 1782
Edible sea squirt Southeast Pacific, Southwest Atlantic, and Antarctic Atlantic 5
Pyura columna
Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Pyura comma
(Hartmeyer, 1906)
Northwest Pacific
Pyura confragosa
Kott, 1985
Western Central Pacific
Pyura corallina
(Roule, 1885)
Mediterranean Sea
Pyura crassacapitata
Kott, 1985
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura crinita
Michaelsen, 1922
Southwest Pacific
Pyura curvigona
Tokioka, 1950
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura discoveryi
(Herdman, 1910)
Antarctic
Pyura dura
Heller, 1877
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Pyura elongata
Tokioka, 1952
Elongated tunicate Indo-West Pacific
Pyura fissa
(Herdman, 1881)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura gangelion
(Savigny, 1816)
Indo-West Pacific and Northeast Atlantic 6.5
Pyura georgiana
(Michaelsen, 1898)
Antarctic
Pyura gibbosa
(Heller, 1878)
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura haustor
(Stimpson, 1864)
Warty tunicate Eastern Pacific and the Antarctic 7.5
Pyura hebridensis
Monniot & Monniot, 2003
Western Central Pacific
Pyura herdmanni
(Drasche, 1884)
Southeast Atlantic
Pyura honu
Monniot & Monniot, 1987
Southwest Pacific
Pyura hupferi
Michaelsen, 1908
Eastern Central Atlantic
Pyura inopinata
Monniot, 1978
Western and Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pyura irregularis
(Herdman, 1881)
Indo-West Pacific 1.1
Pyura isobella
Kott, 1985
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura legumen
(Lesson, 1830)
Southwest Atlantic, Southeast Pacific and the Antarctic
Pyura lepidoderma
Tokioka, 1949
Northwest Pacific
Pyura lignosa
Michaelsen, 1908
Western Atlantic and Eastern Central Pacific 15
Pyura littoralis
(Kott, 1956)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura lutea
(Sluiter, 1900)
Southwest Pacific
Pyura lycoperdon
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
Antarctic
Pyura mariscata
Rodrigues, 1966
Southwest Atlantic
Pyura microcosmus
(Savigny, 1816)
Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Pyura millari
Rodrigues, 1966
Southwest Atlantic
Pyura mirabilis
(Drasche, 1884)
Aladdin's lamp tunicate Pacific Ocean
Pyura mozambica
Monniot, 2002
Western Indian Ocean
Pyura multiruga
Monniot & Monniot, 1982
Antarctic 4.5
Pyura munita
(Van Name, 1902)
Western Central Atlantic 5
Pyura navicula
Kott, 1985
Western Central Pacific
Pyura obesa
Sluiter, 1912
Antarctic and Eastern Indian Ocean 22
Pyura ostreophila
Michaelsen, 1927
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura pachydermatina
(Herdman)
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura paessleri
(Michaelsen, 1900)
Southwest Atlantic, Antarctic Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Pyura picta
Brewin, 1950
Southwest Pacific
Pyura pilosa
Monniot & Monniot, 1974
Antarctic Indian Ocean and Indo-West Pacific 3
Pyura polycarpa
(Sluiter, 1904)
Southwest Atlantic
Pyura praeputialis
(Heller, 1878)
Indo-Pacific
Pyura praia
Monniot & Monniot, 1968
Eastern Central Atlantic
Pyura pulla
(Sluiter, 1900)
Southwest Pacific
Pyura rapaformis
Kott, 1990
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura robusta
Hartmeyer, 1922
Western Central Pacific
Pyura sacciformis
(Drasche, 1884)
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura sansibarica
Michaelsen, 1908
Western Indian Ocean
Pyura scortea
Kott, 1985
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura setosa
(Sluiter, 1905)
Antarctic and sub-Antarctic
Pyura shiinoi
Tokioka, 1949
Western Pacific
Pyura spinifera
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura spinosa
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Indo-West Pacific
Pyura squamata
Hartmeyer, 1911
Southwest Atlantic, Antarctic and Indo-West Pacific
Pyura squamulosa
(Alder, 1863)
Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
Pyura stolonifera
(Heller, 1878)
Red bait Eastern Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific, and the Antarctic 40
Pyura stubenrauchi
(Michaelsen, 1900)
Antarctic, Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Pyura styeliformis
Monniot & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Pyura tasmanensis
Kott, 1985
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pyura tessellata
(Forbes, 1848)
Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
Pyura tongaea
Monniot & Monniot, 1976
Western Indian Ocean 2.5
Pyura tunica
Kott, 1969
Antarctic
Pyura uatio
Monniot, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Pyura viarecta
Kott, 1985
Western Central Pacific 9
Pyura vittata
(Stimpson, 1852)
Western Pacific, Western Atlantic and the Antarctic 10
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