Styela

Styela is a genus of tunicates. Styela clava, an edible species, is known as an invasive species in some areas.

Species include:


 * Styela adriatica F. & C. Monniot, 1976
 * Styela aequatorialis Michaelsen, 1915
 * Styela angularis (Stimpson, 1855)
 * Styela aomori Oka, 1935
 * Styela argillacea Sluiter, 1900
 * Styela asterogama Millar, 1975
 * Styela bathybia Bonnevie, 1896
 * Styela brevigaster Millar, 1988
 * Styela calva Monniot C., Monniot F. & Millar, 1976
 * Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela chaini Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1970
 * Styela changa Monniot & Andrade, 1983
 * Styela charcoti Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973
 * Styela clava Herdman, 1881
 * Styela clavata (Pallas, 1774)
 * Styela complexa Kott, 1995
 * Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela crinita Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973
 * Styela eurygaster Millar, 1977
 * Styela gagetyleri Young & Vazquez, 1997
 * Styela gelatinosa (Traustedt, 1886)
 * Styela gibbsii Stimpson, 1864
 * Styela glans Herdman, 1881
 * Styela glebosa Sluiter, 1904
 * Styela hadalis Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2006
 * Styela herdmani Sluiter, 1885
 * Styela izuana (Oka, 1934)
 * Styela kottae Monniot & Monniot, 1991
 * Styela loculosa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1969
 * Styela longiducta Monniot & Monniot, 1985
 * Styela longipedata Tokioka, 1953
 * Styela longitubis Traustedt & Weltner, 1894
 * Styela macrenteron Ritter, 1913
 * Styela maeandria Sluiter, 1904
 * Styela magalhaensis Michaelsen, 1898
 * Styela mallei Monniot, 1978
 * Styela materna Monniot & Monniot, 1983
 * Styela meteoris Monniot, 2002
 * Styela minima Monniot, 1971
 * Styela monogamica Oka, 1935
 * Styela montereyensis (Dall, 1872)
 * Styela multitentaculata Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2006
 * Styela natalis Hartmeyer, 1905
 * Styela ordinaria Monniot & Monniot, 1985
 * Styela paessleri (Michaelsen, 1898)
 * Styela perforata Sluiter, 1890
 * Styela pfefferi Michaelsen, 1898
 * Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823)
 * Styela polypes Monniot, Monniot & Millar, 1976
 * Styela profunda Sluiter, 1904
 * Styela psammodes Sluiter, 1904
 * Styela psoliformis Monniot & Monniot, 1989
 * Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767
 * Styela schmitti Van Name, 1945
 * Styela sericata Herdman, 1888
 * Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912
 * Styela similis Monniot C., 1970
 * Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
 * Styela subpinguis Herdman, 1923
 * Styela suluensis Monniot & Monniot, 2003
 * Styela talpina Monniot, 1978
 * Styela tenuibranchia Monniot, Monniot & Millar, 1976
 * Styela tesseris Lambert, 1993
 * Styela thalassae Monniot C., 1969
 * Styela theeli Ärnbäck, 1922
 * Styela tholiformis (Sluiter, 1912)
 * Styela tokiokai Nishikawa, 1991
 * Styela truncata Ritter, 1901
 * Styela uniplicata Bonnevie, 1896
 * Styela wandeli (Sluiter, 1911)
 * Styela yakutatensis Ritter, 1901

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:


 * Styela aggregata Traustedt, 1880 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela albomarginata Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878
 * Styela ambonensis Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa ambonensis (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela anguinea Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa anguinea (Sluiter, 1898)
 * Styela apalina Alder & Hancock, 1907 : synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela appropinquata Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa appropinquata (Sluiter, 1898)
 * Styela arctica Swederus, 1887 : synonym of Dendrodoa aggregata Müller, 1776
 * Styela areolata Heller, 1878 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa areolata (Heller, 1878)
 * Styela argentata Sluiter, 1890 : synonym of Polycarpa argentata (Sluiter, 1890)
 * Styela armata Lacaze-Duthiers & Delage, 1892 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela ascidioides Herdman, 1906 : synonym of Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890)
 * Styela asiphonica Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa insulsa (Sluiter, 1898)
 * Styela asymmetra (Hartmeyer, 1912) : synonym of Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
 * Styela atlantica (Van Name, 1912) : synonym of Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912
 * Styela aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) : synonym of Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
 * Styela aurita Sluiter, 1890 : synonym of Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
 * Styela barbaris Kott, 1952 : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela barnharti Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 : synonym of Styela clava Herdman, 1881
 * Styela bathyphila (Millar, 1955) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa bathyphila Millar, 1955
 * Styela bermudensis Van Name, 1902 : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela bicolor (Sluiter, 1887) : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela bicornuta Sluiter, 1900 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa bicornuta (Sluiter, 1900)
 * Styela biforis Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa biforis (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela brevipedunculata Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
 * Styela bythia Herdman, 1881 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa bythia (Herdman, 1881)
 * Styela canopoides Heller, 1877 : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela captiosa Sluiter, 1885 : synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
 * Styela cartilaginea Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa cartilaginea (Sluiter, 1898)
 * Styela cerea Sluiter, 1900 : synonym of Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
 * Styela circumarata Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
 * Styela clara Hartmeyer, 1906 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa clara (Hartmeyer, 1906)
 * Styela coerulea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) : synonym of Asterocarpa coerulea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
 * Styela comata (Alder, 1863) : synonym of Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)
 * Styela conica Swederus, 1887 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela contecta Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa contecta (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela convexa Herdman, 1881 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa drygalskii (Hartmeyer, 1911)
 * Styela costata (Hartmeyer, 1911) : synonym of Styela angularis (Stimpson, 1855)
 * Styela cryptocarpa Sluiter, 1885 : synonym of Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878
 * Styela curtzei Michaelsen, 1900 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa nordenskjöldi (Michaelsen, 1898)
 * Styela cylindrica Bonnevie, 1896 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela cylindriformis Bonnevie, 1896 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela depressa Alder & Hancock, 1907 : synonym of Polycarpa tenera Lacaze-Duthiers & Delage, 1892
 * Styela doliolum Bjerkan, 1905 : synonym of Styela gelatinosa (Traustedt, 1886)
 * Styela drygalskii (Hartmeyer, 1911) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa drygalskii (Hartmeyer, 1911)
 * Styela elata (Heller, 1878) : synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
 * Styela elsa Hartmeyer, 1906 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa clara (Hartmeyer, 1906)
 * Styela esther Hartmeyer, 1906 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa irene (Hartmeyer, 1906)
 * Styela etheridgii Herdman, 1899 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa radicosa (Herdman, 1882)
 * Styela fertilis Hartmeyer, 1906 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa fertilis (Hartmeyer, 1906)
 * Styela fibrillata Alder & Hancock, 1907 : synonym of Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)
 * Styela finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893)
 * Styela flava Herdman, 1881 : synonym of Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
 * Styela flexibilis Sluiter, 1905 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
 * Styela floccosa Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa floccosa (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela friabilis Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
 * Styela fuliginea Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
 * Styela gracilocarpa Millar, 1982 : synonym of Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
 * Styela grahami Sluiter, 1905 : synonym of Dicarpa insinuosa (Sluiter, 1912)
 * Styela grandis Herdman, 1881 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
 * Styela granulata (Alder, 1863) : synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela greeleyi (Ritter, 1899) : synonym of Styela clavata (Pallas, 1774)
 * Styela grossularia (Beneden, 1846) : synonym of Dendrodoa grossularia (Van Beneden, 1846)
 * Styela gyrosa Heller, 1877 : synonym of Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823)
 * Styela hemicaespitosa Ritter, 1913 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela humilis Heller, 1878 : synonym of Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
 * Styela hupferi (Michaelsen, 1904) : synonym of Distomus hupferi (Michaelsen, 1904)
 * Styela incubita Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa incubita (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela informis Forbes, 1848 : synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela insinuosa (Sluiter, 1912) : synonym of Dicarpa insinuosa (Sluiter, 1912)
 * Styela insulsa Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa insulsa (Sluiter, 1898)
 * Styela irene Hartmeyer, 1906 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa irene (Hartmeyer, 1906)
 * Styela irma (Hartmeyer, 1927) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa irene (Hartmeyer, 1906)
 * Styela joannae Herdman, 1898 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa clara (Hartmeyer, 1906)
 * Styela kroboja Oka, 1906 : synonym of Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878
 * Styela lactea Herdman, 1881 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
 * Styela lapidosa (Herdman, 1891) : synonym of Polyandrocarpa lapidosa (Herdman, 1891)
 * Styela lineata Traustedt, 1880 : synonym of Dendrodoa lineata (Traustedt, 1880)
 * Styela lobata Kott, 1952 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa lobata (Kott, 1952)
 * Styela longata Kott, 1954 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa longata (Kott, 1954)
 * Styela loveni (Sars, 1851) : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela lovenii (Sars, 1851) : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela macrogastra Oka, 1935 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela maculata Sanamyan, 1992 : synonym of Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
 * Styela maendria Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Styela maendria Sluiter, 1904
 * Styela maendria Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Styela maeandria Sluiter, 1904
 * Styela mammiculata Carlisle, 1954 : synonym of Styela clava Herdman, 1881
 * Styela maroccana Sluiter, 1927 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa irene (Hartmeyer, 1906)
 * Styela marquesana Michaelsen, 1918 : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela melincae Ärnbäck, 1929 : synonym of Styela magalhaensis Michaelsen, 1898
 * Styela milleri Ritter, 1907 : synonym of Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
 * Styela miniata Sluiter, 1905 : synonym of Eusynstyela miniata (Sluiter, 1905)
 * Styela mollis (Stimpson, 1852) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa mollis (Stimpson, 1852)
 * Styela monoceros (Moeller, 1842) : synonym of Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767
 * Styela natalensis Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa natalensis (Sluiter, 1898)
 * Styela nidrosiensis Ärnbäck, 1926 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela nisiotis Sluiter, 1900 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa nisiotis (Sluiter, 1900)
 * Styela nivosa Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa anguinea (Sluiter, 1898)
 * Styela nordenskjöldi Michaelsen, 1898 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa nordenskjöldi (Michaelsen, 1898)
 * Styela northumbrica Alder & Hancock, 1907 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela nutrix Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa argentata (Sluiter, 1890)
 * Styela oblonga Herdman, 1881 : synonym of Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
 * Styela obscura Alder & Hancock, 1907 : synonym of Polycarpa tenera Lacaze-Duthiers & Delage, 1892
 * Styela obtecta (Traustedt, 1883) : synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
 * Styela ohlini Michaelsen, 1898 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa ohlini (Michaelsen, 1898)
 * Styela oligocarpa Sluiter, 1885 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa oligocarpa (Sluiter, 1885)
 * Styela olitoria Sluiter, 1890 : synonym of Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890)
 * Styela opalina Alder, 1863 : synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela orbicularis Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela palinorsa Sluiter, 1895 : synonym of Polycarpa palinorsa (Sluiter, 1895)
 * Styela papillata Kott, 1954 : synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
 * Styela papillata Sluiter, 1885 : synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
 * Styela partita (Stimpson, 1852) : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela partito (Stimpson, 1852) : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela patens Sluiter, 1885 : synonym of Polycarpa patens (Sluiter, 1885)
 * Styela pavementis Kott, 1952 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa irene (Hartmeyer, 1906)
 * Styela pedata (Herdman, 1881) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa pedata (Herdman, 1881)
 * Styela personata Herdman, 1899 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa personata (Herdman, 1899)
 * Styela phaula Sluiter, 1895 : synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
 * Styela pigmentata Herdman, 1906 : synonym of Polycarpa pigmentata (Herdman, 1906)
 * Styela pinguis Herdman, 1899 : synonym of Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823)
 * Styela plata Oka, 1930 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela pneumonodes Sluiter, 1895 : synonym of Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
 * Styela procera Sluiter, 1885 : synonym of Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)
 * Styela prolifera Sluiter, 1905 : synonym of Stolonica prolifera Sluiter, 1905
 * Styela psoloessa Sluiter, 1890 : synonym of Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
 * Styela pupa Heller, 1878 : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela pustulosa Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa pustulosa (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela quadrangularis Forbes, 1848 : synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela quadrata (Herdman, 1882) : synonym of Polycarpa quadrata Herdman, 1881
 * Styela quidni (Sluiter, 1912) : synonym of Styela wandeli (Sluiter, 1911)
 * Styela radicata Millar, 1962 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa radicata (Millar, 1962)
 * Styela radicosa Herdman, 1882 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa radicosa (Herdman, 1882)
 * Styela ramificata Kott, 1952 : synonym of Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
 * Styela rectangularis Kott, 1952 : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela reducta Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Stolonica reducta (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela reniformis Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa reniformis (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela rhizopus Redikorzev, 1907 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa rhizopus (Redikorzev, 1907)
 * Styela robusta Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
 * Styela rotunda Herdman, 1910 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa drygalskii (Hartmeyer, 1911)
 * Styela rubida Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa rubida (Sluiter, 1898)
 * Styela rubra (Fewkes, 1889) : synonym of Styela montereyensis (Dall, 1872)
 * Styela sabulifera Ritter, 1913 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa rhizopus (Redikorzev, 1907)
 * Styela salebrosa Beniaminson, 1971 : synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
 * Styela sedata Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa sedata (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela seminuda Sluiter, 1898 : synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
 * Styela serpentina (Sluiter, 1912) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa pfefferi (Michaelsen, 1898)
 * Styela sobria Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa sobria (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela solvens Sluiter, 1895 : synonym of Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890)
 * Styela spectabilis Herdman, 1910 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
 * Styela spiralis Sluiter, 1885 : synonym of Polycarpa spiralis (Sluiter, 1885)
 * Styela spirifera (Herdman, 1899) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
 * Styela steineni Michaelsen, 1898 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
 * Styela stephensoni Michaelsen, 1934 : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela stimpsoni Ritter, 1900 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893)
 * Styela stolonifera Herdman, 1899 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa stolonifera (Herdman, 1899)
 * Styela sulcatula (Alder, 1863) : synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela thelyphanes Sluiter, 1904 : synonym of Polycarpa thelyphanes (Sluiter, 1904)
 * Styela tinaktae Van Name, 1918 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa tinaktae (Van Name, 1918)
 * Styela traustedti Sluiter, 1890 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa traustedti (Sluiter, 1890)
 * Styela tuberosa (MacGillivray, 1844) : synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela variabilis Hancock, 1868 : synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
 * Styela verrucosa (Lesson, 1830) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
 * Styela vestita (Alder, 1860) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa mollis (Stimpson, 1852)
 * Styela violacea (Alder, 1863) : synonym of Polycarpa violacea (Alder, 1863)
 * Styela whiteleggei (Herdman, 1899) : synonym of Cnemidocarpa pedata (Herdman, 1881)
 * Styela whiteleggii Herdman, 1899 : synonym of Cnemidocarpa pedata (Herdman, 1881)