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Family: Pyuridae



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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Bathypera feminalba
[Tiny white tunicate]
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Bathypera goreaui
[]
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Bathypera hastaefera
[]
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Bathypera ovoida
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic and So
Max. Length 10 cm WD
Bathypera splendensMichaelsen, 1904

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Bathypera splendens
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Bathypyura asymetrica
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Bathypyura celata
[]
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Boltenia africana
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Boltenia carnea
[]
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Max. Length 2 cm WD
 
Boltenia echinata
[Spiny-tipped tunicate]
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Boltenia hirta
[]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Northern Atlantic, Northe
Max. Length 8 cm BL
Boltenia ovifera(Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Boltenia ovifera
[Stalked tunicate]
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Boltenia pilosa
[]
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Boltenia polyplacoderma
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm WD
 
Boltenia villosa
[Spiny-headed sea squirt]
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Bolteniopsis pacificus
[]
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Bolteniopsis perlucidus
[]
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Bolteniopsis prenanti
[]
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Bolteniopsis sessilis
[]
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Claudenus antipodus
[]
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Claudenus appendiculata
[]
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Cratostigma campoyi
[]
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Cratostigma gravellophila
[]
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Cratostigma intermedia
[]
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Cratostigma regularis
[]
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Cratostigma simplex
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Cratostigma singularis
[]
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Cratostigma vestigialis
[]
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Ctenyura comma
[]
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Ctenyura intermedia
[]
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Ctenyura tetraplexa
[]
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Ctenyura tortuosa
[]
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Culeolus annulatus
[]
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Culeolus anonymus
[]
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Max. Length 3.6 cm BASL
 
Culeolus antarcticus
[]
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Culeolus caudatus
[]
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Culeolus easteri
[Tunicates]
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Culeolus elegans
[]
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Culeolus gigas
[]
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Culeolus herdmani
[]
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Culeolus hospitalis
[]
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Culeolus likae
[]
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Max. Length 6.5 cm BL
 
Culeolus longipedunculatus
[]
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Culeolus moseley
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Culeolus murrayi
[]
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Culeolus nadejdae
[]
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Culeolus parvus
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Culeolus pinguis
[]
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Culeolus pyramidalis
[]
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Culeolus quadrula
[]
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Max. Length 1.3 cm BASL
 
Culeolus recumbens
[]
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Culeolus robustus
[]
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Culeolus sluiteri
[]
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Max. Length 28 cm BASL
 
Culeolus suhmi
[]
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Max. Length 10 cm BL
 
Culeolus tenuis
[]
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Culeolus thysanotus
[]
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Culeolus wyville-thomsoni
[]

Miller, Todd

Arctic and Northern Pacif
Max. Length 15 cm H
Halocynthia aurantium(Pallas, 1787)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Halocynthia aurantium
[Pacific sea peach]
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Halocynthia cactus
[]
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Max. Length 0.8 cm TL
 
Halocynthia dumosa
[Spiny sea squirt]
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Halocynthia hilgendorfi
[]
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Max. Length 0.1 cm TL
 
Halocynthia igaboja
[Bristly tunicate]
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Halocynthia johnsoni
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Halocynthia microspinosa
[]
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Halocynthia momus
[]
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Halocynthia okai
[]
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Halocynthia owstoni
[]

Coudre, Christian

Atlantic, Western Pacific

Halocynthia papillosa(Gunnerus, 1765)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Halocynthia papillosa
[]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Northern Atlantic, Northw
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Halocynthia pyriformis(Rathke, 1806)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Halocynthia pyriformis
[Sea peach]
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Halocynthia ritteri
[]

Choi, Jong-Kwan

Northwest Pacific

Halocynthia roretzi(Drasche)

Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan
 
Halocynthia roretzi
[Korean common sea squirt]
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Halocynthia spinosa
[]
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Hartmeyeria arctica
[]
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Hartmeyeria bouilloni
[]
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Hartmeyeria chinensis
[]
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Hartmeyeria formosa
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm WD
 
Hartmeyeria hupferi
[]
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Hartmeyeria monarchica
[]
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Hartmeyeria orientalis
[]
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Hartmeyeria triangularis
[]
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Herdmania armata
[]
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Herdmania colona
[]
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Herdmania columna
[]
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Herdmania contorta
[]
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Herdmania coutieri
[]
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Herdmania curvata
[]
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Herdmania fimbriae
[]
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Max. Length 16 cm WD
 
Herdmania grandis
[]
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Herdmania inflata
[]
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Herdmania insolita
[]
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Herdmania japonica
[]
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Herdmania kiiensis
[]
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Herdmania mentula
[]

Choi, Jong-Kwan

Indo-West Pacific, Atlant
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Herdmania momus(Savigny, 1816)

Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan
 
Herdmania momus
[Herdman's sea squirt]
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Max. Length 9 cm WD
 
Herdmania pallida
[]
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Max. Length 1.6 cm WD
 
Herdmania pennata
[]
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Herdmania polyducta
[]
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Herdmania subpallida
[]
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Heterostigma fagei
[]
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Heterostigma gonochorica
[]
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Heterostigma mediterranea
[]
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Heterostigma melitensis
[]
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Heterostigma reptans
[]
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Heterostigma separ
[]
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Heterostigma singulare
[]
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Microcosmus agglutinans
[]
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Microcosmus anchylodeirus
[]
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Microcosmus anomalocarpus
[]
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Microcosmus arenaceus
[]
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Microcosmus australis
[]
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Microcosmus bitunicatus
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm WD
 
Microcosmus claudicans
[]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm WD
 
Microcosmus curvus
[]
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Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
 
Microcosmus exasperatus
[]
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Microcosmus formosa
[]
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Microcosmus glacialis
[]
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Microcosmus helleri
[]
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Microcosmus hernius
[]
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Microcosmus hirsutus
[]
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Microcosmus longicloa
[]
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Max. Length 1.6 cm WD
 
Microcosmus madagascariensis
[]
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Microcosmus manaarensis
[]
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Microcosmus miniaceus
[]
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Microcosmus multiplicatus
[]
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Microcosmus nudistigma
[]
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Microcosmus oligophyllus
[]
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Microcosmus pacificus
[]
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Microcosmus pedunculatus
[]
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Microcosmus planus
[]

FAO

Atlantic and the Mediterr
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Microcosmus polymorphusHeller, 1877

Photo by FAO
 
Microcosmus polymorphus
[]
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Microcosmus propinquus
[]
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Microcosmus psammiferus
[]
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Max. Length 3 cm WD
 
Microcosmus pupa
[]

Coudre, Christian

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Microcosmus sabatieriRoule, 1885

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Microcosmus sabatieri
[]
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Microcosmus santoensis
[]
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Microcosmus savignyi
[]

Ulman, Aylin

Cosmopolitan.
Max. Length 5 cm COLD
Microcosmus squamigerMichaelsen, 1927

Photo by Ulman, Aylin
 
Microcosmus squamiger
[Scaly tunicate]
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Microcosmus stoloniferus
[]
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Microcosmus sulcatus
[]
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Microcosmus trigonimus
[]
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Microcosmus tuberculatus
[]
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Microcosmus vesiculosus
[]

FAO

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Microcosmus vulgarisHeller, 1877

Photo by FAO
 
Microcosmus vulgaris
[]
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Paraculeolus bicristatus
[]
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Pyura abradata
[]
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Pyura ambonensis
[]
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Pyura antillarum
[]
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Pyura arenosa
[]
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Pyura aripuensis
[]
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Pyura australis
[]
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Pyura baliensis
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Periantarctic.
Max. Length 3.5 cm BL
Pyura bouvetensis(Michaelsen, 1904)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Pyura bouvetensis
[]
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Pyura breviramosa
[]
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Pyura camranica
[]
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Pyura capensis
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Pyura chilensis
[Edible sea squirt]
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Pyura columna
[]
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Pyura comma
[]
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Pyura confragosa
[]
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Pyura corallina
[]
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Pyura crassacapitata
[]
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Pyura crinita
[]
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Pyura curvigona
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Pyura discoveryi(Herdman, 1910)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Pyura discoveryi
[]

OCEANA

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Pyura duraHeller, 1877

Photo by OCEANA
 
Pyura dura
[]
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Pyura elongata
[Elongated tunicate]
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Pyura fissa
[]
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Max. Length 6.5 cm WD
 
Pyura gangelion
[]
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Pyura georgiana
[]
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Pyura gibbosa
[]
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Max. Length 7.5 cm WD
 
Pyura haustor
[Warty tunicate]
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Pyura hebridensis
[]
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Pyura herdmanni
[]
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Pyura honu
[]
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Pyura hupferi
[]
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Pyura inopinata
[]
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Max. Length 1.1 cm TL
 
Pyura irregularis
[]
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Pyura isobella
[]
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Pyura lanka
[]
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Pyura legumen
[]
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Pyura lepidoderma
[]
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Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Pyura lignosa
[]
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Pyura littoralis
[]
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Pyura lutea
[]
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Pyura lycoperdon
[]
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Pyura mariscata
[]
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Pyura microcosmus
[]
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Pyura millari
[]
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Pyura mirabilis
[Aladdin's lamp tunicate]
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Pyura mozambica
[]
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Pyura mulguloides
[]
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Max. Length 4.5 cm WD
 
Pyura multiruga
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Pyura munita
[]
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Pyura navicula
[]
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Max. Length 22 cm TL
 
Pyura obesa
[]
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Pyura ostreophila
[]
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Pyura pachydermatina
[]
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Pyura paessleri
[]
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Pyura pantex
[]
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Pyura picta
[]
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Max. Length 3 cm WD
 
Pyura pilosa
[]
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Pyura polycarpa
[]
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Pyura praeputialis
[]
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Pyura praia
[]
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Pyura pulla
[]
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Pyura rapaformis
[]
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Pyura robusta
[]
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Pyura sacciformis
[]
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Pyura sansibarica
[]
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Pyura scortea
[]
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Pyura setosa
[]
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Pyura shiinoi
[]
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Pyura spinifera
[]
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Pyura spinosa
[]
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Pyura squamata
[]
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Pyura squamulosa
[]
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Max. Length 40 cm TL
 
Pyura stolonifera
[Red bait]
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Pyura stubenrauchi
[]
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Pyura styeliformis
[]
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Pyura subuculata
[]
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Pyura tasmanensis
[]
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Pyura tessellata
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm WD
 
Pyura tongaea
[]
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Pyura tunica
[]
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Pyura turqueti
[]
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Pyura typica
[]
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Pyura uatio
[]
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Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Pyura viarecta
[]
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Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Pyura vittata
[]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm H
 
Pyurella hernia
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