List of tunicates of Ireland
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Internal anatomy of a generalised tunicate
There are 81 species of tunicate (subphylum Tunicata) recorded in Ireland.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Contents
Class Ascidiacea (sea squirts)
Order Aplousobranchia
Family Clavelinidae
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Clavelina lepadiformis (light-bulb sea squirt) colony
- Clavelina lepadiformis (light-bulb sea squirt)
Family Didemnidae
- Didemnum fulgens
- Didemnum maculosum
- Didemnum vexillum
- Diplosoma listerianum
- Diplosoma spongiforme
- Lissoclinum perforatum
- Trididemnum cereum
- Trididemnum tenerum
Family Holozoidae
Family Polycitoridae
Family Pycnoclavellidae
Order Enterogona
Family Ascidiidae
- Ascidia conchilega
- Ascidia mentula
- Ascidia virginea
- Ascidiella aspersa
- Ascidiella scabra
- Phallusia mammillata
Family Cionidae
- Ciona intestinalis (vase tunicate)
Family Polyclinidae
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Morchellium argus (red-flake ascidian)
- Aplidium densum
- Aplidium elegans
- Aplidium glabrum
- Aplidium nordmanni
- Aplidium pallidum
- Aplidium proliferum
- Aplidium punctum
- Aplidium turbinatum
- Morchellium argus (red-flake ascidian)
- Polyclinum aurantium
- Synoicum incrustatum
- Synoicum pulmonaria
Order Phlebobranchia
Family Corellidae
Family Diazonidae
Family Perophoridae
Order Pleurogona
Family Styelidae
- Botrylloides leachii
- Botryllus schlosseri (star ascidian / golden star tunicate)
- Dendrodoa grossularia
- Distomus variolosus
- Polycarpa fibrosa
- Polycarpa gracilis
- Polycarpa pomaria
- Polycarpa scuba
- Stolonica socialis
- Styela clava (stalked sea squirt, club sea squirt, club tunicate, Asian tunicate, leathery sea squirt, rough sea squirt)
- Styela coriacea
Order Stolidobranchia
Family Molgulidae (sea grapes)
Family Pyuridae
References
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