List of tunicates of Ireland

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)

Order Aplousobranchia

Family Clavelinidae

Clavelina lepadiformis (light-bulb sea squirt) colony

Family Didemnidae

Family Holozoidae

  • Distaplia rosea

Family Polycitoridae

  • Archidistoma aggregatum

Family Pycnoclavellidae

  • Pycnoclavella aurilucens
  • Pycnoclavella producta
  • Pycnoclavella stolonialis

Order Enterogona

Family Ascidiidae

Family Cionidae

Family Polyclinidae

Morchellium argus (red-flake ascidian)

Order Phlebobranchia

Family Corellidae

Family Diazonidae

Family Perophoridae

  • Perophora listeri

Order Pleurogona

Family Styelidae

Order Stolidobranchia

Family Molgulidae (sea grapes)

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

7 species

Order Pyrosomida]]

Family Pyrosomidae

1 species


References

  1. "Species Browser".
  2. "Tunicates: Britain / Ireland".
  3. "Tunicates - Urochordata - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
  4. "Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland".
  5. "Part 21. Tunicata and Hemichorda". JSTOR 20520562.
  6. "Report on the Fauna of Ireland, Div. Invertebrata".
  7. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/carpet-sea-squirt-found-in-lough-28793173.html

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)


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