Pyura

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
Species in this genus include


 * 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 cadamostoi (Monniot, 1994)
 * Pyura camranica (Vorontsova & Cole, 1995)
 * Pyura cancellata (Brewin, 1946)
 * Pyura capensis (Hartmeyer)
 * Pyura carnea (Brewin, 1948)
 * Pyura chilensis (Molina, 1782)
 * Pyura columna (Monniot & Monniot, 1991)
 * Pyura comma (Hartmeyer, 1906)
 * Pyura confragosa (Kott, 1985)
 * Pyura crassacapitata (Kott, 1985)
 * Pyura crinita (Michaelsen, 1922)
 * Pyura curvigona (Tokioka, 1950)
 * Pyura dalbyi (Rius & Teske, 2011) 'yellow cunjevoi'
 * Pyura discoveryi (Herdman, 1910)
 * Pyura discrepans (Sluiter, 1898)
 * Pyura doppelgangera (Rius & Teske, 2013) 'doppelganger cunjevoi'
 * Pyura duplicata (Van Name, 1918)
 * Pyura dura (Heller, 1877)
 * Pyura elongata (Tokioka, 1952)
 * Pyura erythrostoma (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)
 * Pyura fissa (Herdman, 1881)
 * Pyura gangelion (Savigny, 1816)
 * Pyura georgiana (Michaelsen, 1898)
 * Pyura gibbosa (Heller, 1878)
 * Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864)
 * Pyura hebridensis (Monniot & Monniot, 2003)
 * Pyura herdmani (Drasche, 1884) 'Herdman's red bait'
 * 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 mirabilis (Drasche, 1884)
 * Pyura molguloides (Herdman, 1899)
 * Pyura mozambica (Monniot, 2002)
 * Pyura multiruga (Monniot & Monniot, 1982)
 * Pyura munita (Van Name, 1902)
 * Pyura navicula (Kott, 1985)
 * Pyura obesa (Hartmeyer, 1919)
 * Pyura ostreophila (Hartmeyer & Michaelsen, 1928)
 * Pyura pachydermatina (Herdman, 1881) 'sea tulip'
 * Pyura paessleri (Michaelsen, 1900)
 * Pyura pantex (Savigny, 1816)
 * Pyura pennata (Monniot & Monniot, 1991)
 * Pyura picta (Brewin, 1950)
 * Pyura pilosa Monniot & Monniot, 1974)
 * Pyura polycarpa (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Pyura praeputialis (Heller, 1878) 'cunjevoi'
 * Pyura praia (Monniot & Monniot, 1967)
 * Pyura pulla (Sluiter, 1900)
 * Pyura rapaformis (Kott, 1990)
 * Pyura robusta (Hartmeyer, 1922)
 * Pyura rugata (Brewin, 1948)
 * 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) 'sea tulip'
 * Pyura spinosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
 * Pyura spinosissima (Michaelsen, 1922)
 * 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 suteri (Michaelsen, 1908)
 * Pyura tasmanensis (Kott, 1985)
 * Pyura tessellata (Forbes, 1848)
 * Pyura torpida (Sluiter, 1898)
 * Pyura trigamica (Tokioka, 1953)
 * Pyura trita (Sluiter, 1900)
 * Pyura tunica (Kott, 1969)
 * Pyura turqueti (Sluiter, 1905)
 * Pyura typica (author unknown)
 * Pyura uatio (Monniot, 1991)
 * Pyura vannamei (Monniot, 1994)
 * Pyura viarecta (Kott, 1985)
 * Pyura vittata (Stimpson, 1852)