Pyura chilensis

Pyura chilensis
Piure on a bed of clams, harvested in the Valparaíso Region
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Pyuridae
Genus: Pyura
Species:
P. chilensis
Binomial name
Pyura chilensis
(Molina, 1782)

Pyura chilensis, called piure in Spanish and piür or piwü in Mapudungun,[1] is a tunicate of the family Pyuridae. It was described in 1782 by Juan Ignacio Molina.[2]

  1. ^ Sánchez Cabezas, Gilberto (2010). "Los mapuchismos en el DRAE". Boletín de Filología (in Spanish). XLV (2): 149–256. doi:10.4067/S0718-93032010000200008.
  2. ^ "WoRMS taxon details—Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 July 2012.