Pyura haustor

Pyura haustor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Pyuridae
Genus: Pyura
Species:
P. haustor
Binomial name
Pyura haustor
(Stimpson, 1864)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cynthia erecta Ritter, 1900
  • Cynthia haustor Stimpson, 1864
  • Cynthia macrosiphonus Ritter, 1900
  • Halocynthia haustor (Stimpson, 1864)
  • Halocynthia johnsoni Ritter, 1909
  • Halocynthia washingtonia Ritter, 1913

Pyura haustor is a species of sessile ascidian, or sea squirt, that lives in coastal waters in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean, attached to rocks or artificial structures. Common names for this species include the wrinkled seapump, the wrinkled sea squirt and the warty tunicate.[2]

  1. ^ a b Sanamyan, Karen (2018). "Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WallaWalla was invoked but never defined (see the help page).