- Source: List of tunicates of Ireland
There are 81 species of tunicate (subphylum Tunicata) recorded in Ireland.
Class Ascidiacea (sea squirts)
= Order Aplousobranchia
=Family Clavelinidae
Clavelina lepadiformis (light-bulb sea squirt)
Family Didemnidae
Didemnum fulgens
Didemnum maculosum
Didemnum vexillum (carpet sea squirt, an invasive species recorded in Strangford Lough in 2012)
Diplosoma listerianum
Diplosoma spongiforme
Lissoclinum perforatum
Trididemnum cereum
Trididemnum tenerum
Family Holozoidae
Distaplia rosea
Family Polycitoridae
Archidistoma aggregatum
Family Polyclinidae
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
Pycnoclavella aurilucens
Pycnoclavella producta
Pycnoclavella stolonialis
= Order Phlebobranchia
=Family Ascidiidae
Ascidia conchilega
Ascidia mentula
Ascidia virginea
Ascidiella aspersa
Ascidiella scabra
Phallusia mammillata
Family Cionidae
Ciona intestinalis (vase tunicate)
Family Corellidae
Corella eumyota
Corella parallelogramma
Family Diazonidae
Diazona violacea
Family Perophoridae
Perophora listeri
= 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)
Molgula citrina
Molgula complanata
Molgula manhattensis
Molgula occulta
Molgula oculata (sea grape)
Family Pyuridae
Boltenia echinata
Microcosmus claudicans
Pyura microcosmus
Pyura squamulosa
Pyura tessellata
Pelagic tunicates (free-swimming)
Class Appendicularia (larvaceans)
= Order Copelata
=Family Oikopleuridae
5 species
Family Fritillariidae
4 species
Class Thaliacea (pelagic tunicates)
= Order Doliolida
=Family Doliolidae
3 species
= Order Salpida (salps)
=Family Salpidae (salps)
7 species
= Order Pyrosomida (pyrosomes)
=Family Pyrosomatidae (pyrosomes)
1 species
References
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)
External links
Marine species identification portal
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of tunicates of Ireland
- Fauna of Ireland
- List of seafood dishes
- Didemnum vexillum
- List of introduced species
- List of examples of convergent evolution
- List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
- Echinus esculentus
- Prostheceraeus vittatus
- Okenia aspersa
