Pyura stolonifera

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Pyura stolonifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Stolidobranchia
Family:	Pyuridae
Genus:	Pyura
Species:	P. stolonifera
Binomial name
Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878)

Pyura stolonifera, commonly known in South Africa as "red bait" (or "rooiaas" in Afrikaans), is a sessile ascidian, or sea squirt, that lives in coastal waters attached to rocks or artificial structures.^[1] Sea squirts are named for their habit of squirting a stream of water from their exhalant siphons when touched at low tide.