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Divided tunicate

Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The divided tunicate (Styela canopus) is a species in the family Styelidae, order Stolidobranchia.

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Quick facts about the divided tunicate

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the divided tunicate live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the divided tunicate as introduced in 12 countries.

  1. Angola
  2. Bahrain
  3. Belize
  4. Brazil
  5. Cuba
  6. Egypt
  7. Jamaica
  8. Mexico
  9. New Zealand
  10. Portugal
  11. South Africa
  12. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the divided tunicate endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the divided tunicate classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAscidiacea
  4. orderStolidobranchia
  5. familyStyelidae
  6. genusStyela
  7. SpeciesStyela canopus (Savigny, 1816)

Synonyms Ascidia rugosa, Cynthia canopoides, Cynthia canopus, Cynthia partita, Cynthia stellifera, Halocynthia partita, Styela barbaris, Styela bermudensis, Styela bicolor, Styela canopoides, Styela marquesana, Styela orbicularis, Styela partita, Styela partito, Styela pupa, Styela rectangularis, Styela stephensoni, Styela variabilis, Tethyum canopus, Tethyum orbiculare, Tethyum partitum, Tethyum partitum bermudense, Tethyum pupa

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Rough sea squirtEnglish
  • Styela étoiléFrench
  • フタスジボヤJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the divided tunicate

Other species in the same genus Styela.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the divided tunicate an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the divided tunicate as introduced in 12 countries, including Angola, Bahrain, Belize, Brazil and Cuba, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the divided tunicate?

The divided tunicate (Styela canopus) belongs to the family Styelidae in the order Stolidobranchia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Divided tunicate (Styela canopus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/divided-tunicate

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BibTeX
@misc{divided_tunicate_2026,
  title = {Divided tunicate (Styela canopus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/divided-tunicate},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}