219 species founded
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Pyura setosa
Small and greyish in colour, with its surface completely covered in flexible bristles, making it look more like a sponge than an ascidian. Pyura setosa grows up to 7.5cm long and smaller individuals may have a short stalk.
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9438
Pyura discoveryi
Usually red, with a tough, wrinkled, leathery test. Pyura discoveryi grows up to about 10cm long.
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9312
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9256
Synoicum adareanum
Orange in colour. This mid-sized squirt can get up to 20cm high and about half this in diameter. It has a round to phallic shaped upper, which feels quite solid to touch. Like in Sycozoa species the clearly visible zooids are arranged circling around the common cloaca. The lower stalk, from which several upper parts may come from, feels much tougher
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9223
Molgula enodis
Small (a few cm) and usually orange or red with a stalk. The test is covered in fine hairs.
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9206
Styela wandeli
Pinkish-red, wrinkled and leathery, with a short stalk. Looks similar to Molgula enodis, but has longer siphons and a rough surface. This is a small ascidian, growing to only 1 or 2cm high.
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9193
Molgula pedunculata
As its name suggests Molgula pedunculata usually has a long stalk or peduncle, which may have fine hairs on it. It is large and fairly translucent and is typically 10-20cm.
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9193
Corella eumyota
Colour is ivory or grey. Corella eumyota sometimes has a short stalk, and grows up to 24cm long.