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Lumpy Sea Mats
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Lumpy Sea Mats

Styela

Styela is a genus of tunicates. Styela clava, an edible species, is known as an invasive species in some areas.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 73 known species

Pleated Sea Squirt

speciesStyela plicata

Stalked Sea Squirt

speciesStyela clava

Long-stalked Sea Squirt

speciesStyela montereyensis

Rough Sea Squirt

speciesStyela canopus

angular ascidian

speciesStyela angularis

Styela gibbsii

speciesStyela gibbsii

Styela truncata

speciesStyela truncata

Styela rustica

speciesStyela rustica

Styela yakutatensis

speciesStyela yakutatensis

Pimpled sea squirt

speciesStyela coriacea

Styela calva

speciesStyela calva

Styela adriatica

speciesStyela adriatica

Styela aequatorialis

speciesStyela aequatorialis

Styela asterogama

speciesStyela asterogama

Styela cearense

speciesStyela cearense

Styela chaini

speciesStyela chaini

Styela complexa

speciesStyela complexa

Styela crinita

speciesStyela crinita

Styela eurygaster

speciesStyela eurygaster

Styela gagetyleri

speciesStyela gagetyleri

Styela gelatinosa

speciesStyela gelatinosa

Styela glans

speciesStyela glans

Styela glebosa

speciesStyela glebosa

Styela hadalis

speciesStyela hadalis

Styela herdmani

speciesStyela herdmani

Styela izuana

speciesStyela izuana

Styela loculosa

speciesStyela loculosa

Styela longiducta

speciesStyela longiducta

Styela longipedata

speciesStyela longipedata

Styela longitubis

speciesStyela longitubis

Styela macrenteron

speciesStyela macrenteron

Styela maeandria

speciesStyela maeandria

Styela meteoris

speciesStyela meteoris

Styela minima

speciesStyela minima

Styela monogamica

speciesStyela monogamica

Styela multitentaculata

speciesStyela multitentaculata

Styela natalis

speciesStyela natalis

Styela ordinaria

speciesStyela ordinaria

Styela paessleri

speciesStyela paessleri

Styela perforata

speciesStyela perforata

Styela polypes

speciesStyela polypes

Styela profunda

speciesStyela profunda

Styela psammodes

speciesStyela psammodes

Styela psoliformis

speciesStyela psoliformis

Styela schmitti

speciesStyela schmitti

Styela sigma

speciesStyela sigma

Styela similis

speciesStyela similis

Styela squamosa

speciesStyela squamosa

Styela subpinguis

speciesStyela subpinguis

Styela suluensis

speciesStyela suluensis

Styela tenuibranchia

speciesStyela tenuibranchia

Styela tesseris

speciesStyela tesseris

Styela thalassae

speciesStyela thalassae

Styela theeli

speciesStyela theeli

Styela tokiokai

speciesStyela tokiokai

Styela wandeli

speciesStyela wandeli

Styela materna

speciesStyela materna

Styela changa

speciesStyela changa

Styela braueri

speciesStyela braueri

Styela vollbarthi

speciesStyela vollbarthi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 81616.