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Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Styelidae

Genus: Styela

(See list of species below)

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72 species (see list below)
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Styela adriatica
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Styela aequatorialis
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Styela angularis
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Styela aomori
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Styela asterogama
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Styela atlantica
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Styela barnharti
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Styela bathybia
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Styela bicolor
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Styela brevigaster
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Max. Length 0.6 cm WD
 
Styela calva
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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Styela canopus
[Rough sea tunicate]
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Styela chaini
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Styela changa
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Styela charcoti
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Styela clara
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Fenwick, David

Cosmopolitan.
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Styela clavaHerdman, 1881

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Styela clava
[Clubbed tunicate]
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Styela clavata
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Max. Length 3 cm H
 
Styela coriacea
[Pimpled sea squirt]
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Styela costata
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Max. Length 0.7 cm WD
 
Styela crinita
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Styela eurygaster
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Styela gagetyleri
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Styela gelatinosa
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Max. Length 15 cm H
 
Styela gibbsii
[Peanut sea squirt]
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Styela glans
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Styela gracilocarpa
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Styela grahami
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Styela hadalis
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Styela kottae
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Styela loculosa
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Styela longiducta
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Styela macrenteron
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Styela magalhaensis
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Styela mallei
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Styela marquesana
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Styela materna
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Styela meteoris
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Styela milleri
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Styela minima
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Max. Length 25 cm H
 
Styela montereyensis
[Stalked sea squirt]
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Styela multicarpa
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Styela multitentaculata
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Styela oblonga
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Styela ordinaria
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Styela paessleri
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Styela panamensis
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Styela pfefferi
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Ulman, Aylin

Cosmopolitan.
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Styela plicata(Lesueur, 1823)

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Styela plicata
[Pleated sea squirt]
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Styela polypes
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Styela psoliformis
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Styela pupa
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Styela quidni
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Styela radicata
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Styela rustica
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Styela schmitti
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Styela sericata
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Styela serpentina
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Max. Length 3 cm TL
 
Styela sigma
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Styela similis
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Styela squamosa
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Styela suluensis
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Styela talpina
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Max. Length 1.5 cm WD
 
Styela tenuibranchia
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Styela tesseris
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Styela thalassae
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Styela theeli
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Styela tholiformis
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Styela tokiokai
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Styela truncata
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Styela wandeli
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Styela yakutatensis
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