''Pyura'' is a large

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

sessile Sessility, or sessile, may refer to: * Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about * Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant * Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...

ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including

Pyura chilensis ''Pyura chilensis,'' called in Spanish, is a tunicate of the family Pyuridae. It was described in 1782 by Juan Ignacio Molina. Taxonomy The earliest mention of the ''P. chilensis'' was in 1782 by Juan Ignacio Molina in his book . Molina, a Chile ...

are commercially fished.

Species

Species in this genus include * ''

Pyura abradata ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Kott, 1985) * '' Pyura ambonensis'' (Millar, 1975) * ''

Pyura antillarum ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Van Name, 1921) * ''

Pyura arenosa ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Herdman, 1882) * ''

Pyura aripuensis ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Herdman, 1906) * ''

Pyura australis ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) * '' Pyura baliensis'' (Millar, 1975) * ''

Pyura bouvetensis ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (

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, 1904) * ''

Pyura breviramosa ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Sluiter, 1904) * '' Pyura cadamostoi'' (Monniot, 1994) * ''

Pyura camranica ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' ( Vorontsova & Cole, 1995) * '' Pyura cancellata'' (Brewin, 1946) * ''

Pyura capensis ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Hartmeyer) * '' Pyura carnea'' (Brewin, 1948) * ''

'' (Molina, 1782) * ''

Pyura columna ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1991) * '' Pyura comma'' (Hartmeyer, 1906) * '' Pyura confragosa'' (Kott, 1985) * '' Pyura crassacapitata'' (Kott, 1985) * '' Pyura crinita'' (Michaelsen, 1922) * '' Pyura curvigona'' (Tokioka, 1950) * '' Pyura dalbyi'' (Rius & Teske, 2011) 'yellow cunjevoi' * '' Pyura discoveryi'' (Herdman, 1910) * '' Pyura discrepans'' (Sluiter, 1898) * ''

Pyura doppelgangera ''Pyura doppelgangera'', the doppelganger cunjevoi, is a sessile ascidian, or sea squirt, that lives in coastal waters of Australasia attached to rocks or artificial structures. Distribution This species is particularly common in Tasmania.Rius, ...

'' (Rius & Teske, 2013)Rius, M. and Teske, P.R. (2013) Cryptic diversity in coastal Australasia: a morphological and mito-nuclear genetic analysis of habitat-forming sibling species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 'doppelganger cunjevoi' * '' Pyura duplicata'' (Van Name, 1918) * ''

Pyura dura ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Heller, 1877) * ''

Pyura elongata ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Tokioka, 1952) * '' Pyura erythrostoma'' (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834) * ''

Pyura fissa ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Herdman, 1881) * ''

Pyura gangelion ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Savigny, 1816) * ''

Pyura georgiana ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Michaelsen, 1898) * ''

Pyura gibbosa ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Heller, 1878) * '' Pyura haustor'' (Stimpson, 1864) * '' Pyura hebridensis'' (Monniot & Monniot, 2003) * '' Pyura herdmani'' (Drasche, 1884) 'Herdman's red bait' * '' Pyura honu'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1987) * ''

Pyura hupferi ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Michaelsen, 1908) * '' Pyura inopinata'' (Monniot, 1978) * ''

Pyura irregularis ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Herdman, 1881) * '' Pyura isobella'' (Kott, 1985) * '' Pyura lanka'' (Herdman, 1906) * ''

Pyura legumen ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Lesson, 1830) * ''

Pyura lepidoderma ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Tokioka, 1949) * ''

Pyura lignosa ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Michaelsen, 1908) * '' Pyura littoralis'' (Kott, 1956) * '' Pyura lutea'' (Sluiter, 1900) * '' Pyura lycoperdon'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1983) * '' Pyura mariscata'' (Rodrigues, 1966) * ''

Pyura microcosmus ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Savigny, 1816) * '' Pyura mirabilis'' (Drasche, 1884) * '' Pyura molguloides'' (Herdman, 1899) * ''

Pyura mozambica ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Monniot, 2002) * ''

Pyura multiruga ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1982) * ''

Pyura munita ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Van Name, 1902) * ''

Pyura navicula ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Kott, 1985) * ''

Pyura obesa ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Hartmeyer, 1919) * '' Pyura ostreophila'' (Hartmeyer & Michaelsen, 1928) * ''

Pyura pachydermatina ''Pyura pachydermatina'' is a sea tulip, a solitary species of tunicate in the suborder Stolidobranchia. It is native to shallow waters around New Zealand. Description ''Pyura pachydermatina'' has a club-shaped body supported by a long stalk, bo ...

'' (Herdman, 1881) 'sea tulip' * ''

Pyura paessleri ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Michaelsen, 1900) * '' Pyura pantex'' (Savigny, 1816) * '' Pyura pennata'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1991) * ''

Pyura picta ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Brewin, 1950) * '' Pyura pilosa'' Monniot & Monniot, 1974) * ''

Pyura polycarpa ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Sluiter, 1904) * ''

Pyura praeputialis ''Pyura praeputialis'' is an intertidal and shallow water species of tunicate. It is one of three species of "wikt:cunjevoi, cunjevoi" in Australasia (the other two being the yellow cunjevoi Pyura dalbyi, ''P. dalbyi'' and the doppelganger cunjev ...

'' (Heller, 1878) 'cunjevoi' * ''

Pyura praia ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Monniot & Monniot, 1967) * ''

Pyura pulla ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Sluiter, 1900) * '' Pyura rapaformis'' (Kott, 1990) * ''

Pyura robusta ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Hartmeyer, 1922) * ''

Pyura rugata ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Brewin, 1948) * ''

Pyura sacciformis ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Drasche, 1884) * '' Pyura sansibarica'' (Michaelsen, 1908) * ''

Pyura scortea ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Kott, 1985) * ''

Pyura setosa ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Sluiter, 1905) * ''

Pyura shiinoi ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Tokioka, 1949) * ''

Pyura spinifera ''Pyura spinifera'', commonly called the sea tulip, is a species of sessile ascidian that lives in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). As with almost all other ascidians, sea tulips are filter feeders. The common name co ...

'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) 'sea tulip' * ''

Pyura spinosa ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) * '' Pyura spinosissima'' (Michaelsen, 1922) * ''

Pyura squamata ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Hartmeyer, 1911) * ''

Pyura squamulosa ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Alder, 1863) * ''

Pyura stolonifera ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Heller, 1878) 'red bait' * ''

Pyura stubenrauchi ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Michaelsen, 1900) * '' Pyura styeliformis'' (Monniot & Monniot, 2001) * ''

Pyura subuculata ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Sluiter, 1900) * ''

Pyura suteri ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Michaelsen, 1908) * '' Pyura tasmanensis'' (Kott, 1985) * '' Pyura tessellata'' (Forbes, 1848) * '' Pyura torpida'' (Sluiter, 1898) * ''

Pyura trigamica ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Tokioka, 1953) * ''

Pyura trita ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Sluiter, 1900) * '' Pyura tunica'' (Kott, 1969) * ''

Pyura turqueti ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Sluiter, 1905) * '' Pyura typica'' (author unknown) * ''

Pyura uatio ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Monniot, 1991) * ''

Pyura vannamei ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Specie ...

'' (Monniot, 1994) * '' Pyura viarecta'' (Kott, 1985) * ''

Pyura vittata ''Pyura'' is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, ''Pyura'' are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished. Species ...

'' (Stimpson, 1852)

References

External links

Wildlife of Sydney - Sea Tulip
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3411456 Stolidobranchia Tunicate genera