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Pyura

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Pyura
The sea tulip Pyura spinifera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Pyuridae
Genus: Pyura
Molina, 1782
Species

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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

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Species in this genus include[1]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pyura Molina, 1782". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  2. ^ Rius, Marc; Peter R. Teske (2011). "A revision of the Pyura stolonifera species complex (Tunicata, Ascidiacea), with a description of a new species from Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2754: 27–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2754.1.2.
  3. ^ 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.
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