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