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)[]
Order Aplousobranchia[]
Family Clavelinidae[]
Clavelina lepadiformis (light-bulb sea squirt) colony
- Clavelina lepadiformis (light-bulb sea squirt)
Family Didemnidae[]
Didemnum vexillum colony
- Didemnum fulgens
- Didemnum vexillum (carpet sea squirt, an invasive species recorded in Strangford Lough in 2012)[7]
- Lissoclinum perforatum
Family Holozoidae[]
Family Polycitoridae[]
Family Pycnoclavellidae[]
Order Enterogona[]
Family Ascidiidae[]
Family Cionidae[]
- Ciona intestinalis (vase tunicate)
Family Polyclinidae[]
Morchellium argus (red-flake ascidian)
- Aplidium elegans
- Morchellium argus (red-flake ascidian)
- Polyclinum aurantium
- 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 pomaria
- Polycarpa scuba
- Stolonica socialis
- Styela clava (stalked sea squirt, club sea squirt, club tunicate, Asian tunicate, leathery sea squirt, rough sea squirt)
Order Stolidobranchia[]
Family Molgulidae (sea grapes)[]
Family Pyuridae[]
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[]
- ^ "Species Browser".
- ^ "Tunicates: Britain / Ireland".
- ^ "Tunicates - Urochordata - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland".
- ^ Farran, G. P.; Southern, R. (1911). "Part 21. Tunicata and Hemichorda". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 31: 21.1–21.4. JSTOR 20520562.
- ^ Thompson, William (1844). "Report on the Fauna of Ireland, Div. Invertebrata".
- ^ "Carpet sea squirt 'found in lough'". Belfasttelegraph.
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[]
Categories:
- Lists of invertebrates of Europe
- Tunicates
- Lists of biota of Ireland