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]
Class Ascidiacea (sea squirts)
[edit | edit source]Order Aplousobranchia
[edit | edit source]Family Clavelinidae
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- Clavelina lepadiformis (light-bulb sea squirt)
Family Didemnidae
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- Didemnum fulgens
- Didemnum maculosum
- Didemnum vexillum (carpet sea squirt, an invasive species recorded in Strangford Lough in 2012)[7]
- Diplosoma listerianum
- Diplosoma spongiforme
- Lissoclinum perforatum
- Trididemnum cereum
- Trididemnum tenerum
Family Holozoidae
[edit | edit source]Family Polycitoridae
[edit | edit source]Family Polyclinidae
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- 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
Family Pycnoclavellidae
[edit | edit source]Order Phlebobranchia
[edit | edit source]Family Ascidiidae
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- Ascidia conchilega
- Ascidia mentula
- Ascidia virginea
- Ascidiella aspersa
- Ascidiella scabra
- Phallusia mammillata
Family Cionidae
[edit | edit source]- Ciona intestinalis (vase tunicate)
Family Corellidae
[edit | edit source]Family Diazonidae
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Family Perophoridae
[edit | edit source]Order Pleurogona
[edit | edit source]Family Styelidae
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- 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
[edit | edit source]Family Molgulidae (sea grapes)
[edit | edit source]Family Pyuridae
[edit | edit source]Pelagic tunicates (free-swimming)
Class Appendicularia (larvaceans)
[edit | edit source]Order Copelata
[edit | edit source]Family Oikopleuridae
[edit | edit source]5 species
Family Fritillariidae
[edit | edit source]4 species
Class Thaliacea (pelagic tunicates)
[edit | edit source]Order Doliolida
[edit | edit source]Family Doliolidae
[edit | edit source]3 species
Order Salpida (salps)
[edit | edit source]Family Salpidae (salps)
[edit | edit source]7 species
Order Pyrosomida (pyrosomes)
[edit | edit source]Family Pyrosomatidae (pyrosomes)
[edit | edit source]1 species
References
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Identification
- Harant, H. & Vernieres P., 1933. Tuniciers I. Faune de France n° 27 101 p., 94 fig.PDF (4 Mo)
- Harant, H. & Vernieres P., 1938 Tuniciers II. Faune de France n° 33 60 p., 64 fig. PDF (2 Mo)