# Pyura

Pyura is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, Pyura are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished.

## Species

Species in this genus include
* Pyura abradata (Kott, 1985)
* Pyura ambonensis (Millar, 1975)
* Pyura antillarum (Van Name, 1921)
* Pyura arenosa (Herdman, 1882)
* Pyura aripuensis (Herdman, 1906)
* Pyura australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* Pyura baliensis (Millar, 1975)
* Pyura bouvetensis (Michaelsen, 1904)
* Pyura breviramosa (Sluiter, 1904)
* Pyura cadamostoi (Monniot, 1994)
* Pyura camranica (Vorontsova & Cole, 1995)
* Pyura cancellata (Brewin, 1946)
* Pyura capensis (Hartmeyer)
* Pyura carnea (Brewin, 1948)
* Pyura chilensis (Molina, 1782)
* Pyura columna (Monniot & Monniot, 1991)
* Pyura comma (Hartmeyer, 1906)
* Pyura confragosa (Kott, 1985)
* Pyura crassacapitata (Kott, 1985)
* Pyura crinita (Michaelsen, 1922)
* Pyura curvigona (Tokioka, 1950)
* Pyura dalbyi (Rius & Teske, 2011) 'yellow cunjevoi'
* Pyura discoveryi (Herdman, 1910)
* Pyura discrepans (Sluiter, 1898)
* Pyura doppelgangera (Rius & Teske, 2013) 'doppelganger cunjevoi'
* Pyura duplicata (Van Name, 1918)
* Pyura dura (Heller, 1877)
* Pyura elongata (Tokioka, 1952)
* Pyura erythrostoma (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)
* Pyura fissa (Herdman, 1881)
* Pyura gangelion (Savigny, 1816)
* Pyura georgiana (Michaelsen, 1898)
* Pyura gibbosa (Heller, 1878)
* Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864)
* Pyura hebridensis (Monniot & Monniot, 2003)
* Pyura herdmani (Drasche, 1884) 'Herdman's red bait'
* Pyura honu (Monniot & Monniot, 1987)
* Pyura hupferi (Michaelsen, 1908)
* Pyura inopinata (Monniot, 1978)
* Pyura irregularis (Herdman, 1881)
* Pyura isobella (Kott, 1985)
* Pyura lanka (Herdman, 1906)
* Pyura legumen (Lesson, 1830)
* Pyura lepidoderma (Tokioka, 1949)
* Pyura lignosa (Michaelsen, 1908)
* Pyura littoralis (Kott, 1956)
* Pyura lutea (Sluiter, 1900)
* Pyura lycoperdon (Monniot & Monniot, 1983)
* Pyura mariscata (Rodrigues, 1966)
* Pyura microcosmus (Savigny, 1816)
* Pyura mirabilis (Drasche, 1884)
* Pyura molguloides (Herdman, 1899)
* Pyura mozambica (Monniot, 2002)
* Pyura multiruga (Monniot & Monniot, 1982)
* Pyura munita (Van Name, 1902)
* Pyura navicula (Kott, 1985)
* Pyura obesa (Hartmeyer, 1919)
* Pyura ostreophila (Hartmeyer & Michaelsen, 1928)
* Pyura pachydermatina (Herdman, 1881) 'sea tulip'
* Pyura paessleri (Michaelsen, 1900)
* Pyura pantex (Savigny, 1816)
* Pyura pennata (Monniot & Monniot, 1991)
* Pyura picta (Brewin, 1950)
* Pyura pilosa Monniot & Monniot, 1974)
* Pyura polycarpa (Sluiter, 1904)
* Pyura praeputialis (Heller, 1878) 'cunjevoi'
* Pyura praia (Monniot & Monniot, 1967)
* Pyura pulla (Sluiter, 1900)
* Pyura rapaformis (Kott, 1990)
* Pyura robusta (Hartmeyer, 1922)
* Pyura rugata (Brewin, 1948)
* Pyura sacciformis (Drasche, 1884)
* Pyura sansibarica (Michaelsen, 1908)
* Pyura scortea (Kott, 1985)
* Pyura setosa (Sluiter, 1905)
* Pyura shiinoi (Tokioka, 1949)
* Pyura spinifera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) 'sea tulip'
* Pyura spinosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* Pyura spinosissima (Michaelsen, 1922)
* Pyura squamata (Hartmeyer, 1911)
* Pyura squamulosa (Alder, 1863)
* Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878) 'red bait'
* Pyura stubenrauchi (Michaelsen, 1900)
* Pyura styeliformis (Monniot & Monniot, 2001)
* Pyura subuculata (Sluiter, 1900)
* Pyura suteri (Michaelsen, 1908)
* Pyura tasmanensis (Kott, 1985)
* Pyura tessellata (Forbes, 1848)
* Pyura torpida (Sluiter, 1898)
* Pyura trigamica (Tokioka, 1953)
* Pyura trita (Sluiter, 1900)
* Pyura tunica (Kott, 1969)
* Pyura turqueti (Sluiter, 1905)
* Pyura typica (author unknown)
* Pyura uatio (Monniot, 1991)
* Pyura vannamei (Monniot, 1994)
* Pyura viarecta (Kott, 1985)
* Pyura vittata (Stimpson, 1852)