List of tunicates of Ireland

Internal anatomy of a generalised tunicate
Polycarpa pomaria
Styela clava
Molgula oculata

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) colony

Family Didemnidae

Didemnum vexillum colony

Family Holozoidae

Family Polycitoridae

Family Polyclinidae

Morchellium argus (red-flake ascidian)
Polyclinum aurantium

Family Pycnoclavellidae

Order Phlebobranchia

Family Ascidiidae

Phallusia mammillata
Ascidia mentula

Family Cionidae

Family Corellidae

Family Diazonidae

Diazona violacea

Family Perophoridae

Order Pleurogona

Family Styelidae

Dendrodoa grossularia

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

  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. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Thompson, William (1844). "Report on the Fauna of Ireland, Div. Invertebrata".
  7. ↑ "Carpet sea squirt 'found in lough'". Belfasttelegraph.

Identification