Pyura praeputialis

Pyura praeputialis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Stolidobranchia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Tunicata Classis: Ascidiacea Ordo: Stolidobranchia

Familia: Pyuridae
Genus: Pyura
Species: Pyura praeputialis

Name

Pyura praeputialis (Heller, 1878)

References

• Castilla, J.C.; Collins, A.G.; Meyer, C.P.; Guiñez, R.; Lindberg, D.R. 2002: Recent introduction of the dominant tunicate, Pyura praeputialis (Urochordata, Pyuridae) to Antofagasta, Chile. Molecular ecology, 11: 1579–1584. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01524.x PDF
• Castilla, J.C.; Guiñez, R.; Caro, A.U.; Ortiz, V. 2004: Invasion of a rocky intertidal shore by the tunicate Pyura praeputialis in the Bay of Antofagasta, Chile. PNAS, 101: 8517–8524. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0401921101
• Hayward, B.W.; Morley, M.S. 2010(2009): Introduction to New Zealand of two sea squirts (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) and their subsequent dispersal. Records of the Auckland Museum, 46: 5–14.

Vernacular names

English: cunjevoi