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Ascidiacea

Ascidiacea is a class in the phylum Chordata. This database currently files 3,049 species under it.

Species filed
3,049
Threatened
0
Countries recorded
0
With a free photo
0%
Weight range
Not recorded

What is in Ascidiacea?

6 orders filed directly under this class.

  1. Aplousobranchia

    pin-head squirt, blue sea squirt, urn ascidian, sea vomit …

    1,609 species
  2. Stolidobranchia

    red sea squirt, golden tunicate, star squirt, sea pineapple …

    1,077 species
  3. Phlebobranchia

    sea vase, predatory tunicate, mangrove tunicate, pacific transparent sea squirt …

    354 species
  4. Khmeriidae

    Khmeria minima, Khmeria stolonifera, Zardinisoma cassianum, Zardinisoma japonicum …

    7 species
  5. Cassianosomidae

    Toscanisoma multipartitum, Toscanisoma triplicatum

    2 species
  6. Melgulidae

    0 species

Best-known members of Ascidiacea

Ranked by popularity score.

Sea vase

Ciona intestinalis

CionidaeNo free photo yet

Star squirt

Botryllus schlosseri

StyelidaeNo free photo yet

Sea tulip

Pyura spinifera

PyuridaeNo free photo yet

The 200 best-known species in Ascidiacea

Of 3,049 on file. Open this list in the browser to filter and sort it

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Sea vaseCiona intestinalisCionidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Red sea squirtPyura chilensisPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Golden tunicatePolycarpa aurataStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Star squirtBotryllus schlosseriStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea pineappleHalocynthia roretziPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Predatory tunicateMegalodicopia hiansOctacnemidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Red sea-squirtHalocynthia papillosaPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea tulipPyura spiniferaPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pin-head squirtClavelina lepadiformisClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Grooved sea squirtMicrocosmus sabatieriPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Club tunicateStyela clavaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blue sea squirtClavelina moluccensisClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Urn ascidianDidemnum molleDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea VomitDidemnum vexillumDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea peachHalocynthia aurantiumPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mangrove tunicateEcteinascidia turbinataPerophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Stalked sea squirtNephtheis fascicularisClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pacific transparent sea squirtCiona savignyiCionidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
MolgulaMolgula manhattensisMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black sea-squirtPhallusia fumigataAscidiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
White sea-squirtPhallusia mammillataAscidiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea strawberryAplidium elegansPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dirty sea squirtAscidiella aspersaAscidiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Urn tunicateAtriolum robustumDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Seaweed ascidianBotryllus elegansStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Shiny red sea squirtCnemidocarpa finmarkiensisStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea clogCorella eumyotaCorellidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Football ascidianDiazona violaceaDiazonidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Herdman's sea squirtHerdmania momusPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blue bell sea squirtPerophora nameiPerophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
CunjevoiPyura praeputialisPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Red baitPyura stoloniferaPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Angular ascidianStyela angularisStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea porkAplidium californicumPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea porkAplidium stellatumPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Red-spotted ascidianAscidia incrassataAscidiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cactus sea squirtBoltenia echinataPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Stalked tunicateBoltenia oviferaPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bristly tunicateBoltenia villosaPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
BotrylloidBotrylloides leachiiStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bluestriped light bulb tunicateClavelina dellavalleiClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lightbulb tunicateClavelina huntsmaniClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Speckled sea squirtClavelina oblongaClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Painted tunicateClavelina pictaClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Social tunicateClavelina robustaClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Gas mantle ascidianCorella parallelogrammaCorellidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Baked bean ascidianDendrodoa grossulariaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lesser gooseberry sea squirtDistomus variolosusStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea hedgehogHalocynthia igabojaPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sandy sea squirtMolgula occidentalisMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Colonial sesquirtMorchellium argusPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dwarf ascidianPerophora listeriPerophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black tunicatePhallusia nigraAscidiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Elephant ear tunicatePolyclinum planumPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pin-head squirtPycnoclavella nanaClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Yellow social ascidianPycnoclavella stanleyiClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lumpy sea tulipPyura gibbosaPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea tulipPyura pachydermatinaPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Orange sea grapesStolonica socialisStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Stalked tunicateStyela montereyensisStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Club tunicateStyela plicataStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brain ascidianSycozoa cerebriformisHolozoidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Banksia sea squirtSycozoa pulchraHolozoidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea porkAplidium solidumPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cuadata ascidianAscidia caudataAscidiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Crevice ascidianAscidia sydneiensisAscidiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Compass sea squirtAsterocarpa humilisStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Flat tunicateBotryllus planusStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blue bell tunicateClavelina puertosecensisClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Icy tunicateCorella willmerianaCorellidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Northern white crustDidemnum albidumDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
White crustDidemnum candidumDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Tough didemnidDidemnum coriaceumDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lister's didemnidDiplosoma listerianumDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea liverEudistoma hepaticumPolycitoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Tunic-band compound tunicateEuherdmania claviformisEuherdmaniidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea grapesMolgula citrinaMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Colonial sea squirtPerophora japonicaPerophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Obese ascidianPhallusia obesaAscidiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Giant jelly ascidianPolycitor giganteusPolycitoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Colonial sea squirtPolysyncraton lacazeiDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Orange lights seasquirtPycnoclavella aurilucensClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
ChoirboysPycnoclavella narcissusClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Warty tunicatePyura haustorPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Divided tunicateStyela canopusStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Green Incrusting tunicateSymplegma virideStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Tennis ball ascidianSynoicum pulmonariaPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mushroom ascidianAplidium circulatumPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Northern sea porkAplidium constellatumPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hairy sea-squirtAscidiella scabraAscidiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Chain tunicateBotrylloides violaceusStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Disc-top tunicateChelyosoma productumCorellidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Yellow sea squirtCiona edwardsiCionidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Skeleton panda sea squirtClavelina polycitorellaClavelinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea toadCnemidocarpa verrucosaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brooding transparent tunicateCorella inflataCorellidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blood drop sea squirtDendrodoa carneaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pacific white crustDidemnum carnulentumDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Moseley's ascidianDidemnum moseleyiDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black Overgrowing tunicateDidemnum vanderhorstiDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mottled encrusting tunicateDistaplia bermudensisHolozoidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Button tunicateDistaplia corollaHolozoidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea rodDistaplia cylindricaHolozoidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blue lollipop ascidianEudistoma caeruleumPolycitoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Australian Droplet tunicateEudistoma elongatumPolycitoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spiny sea squirtHalocynthia dumosaPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea peachHalocynthia pyriformisPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mauve-mouth ascidianHerdmania grandisPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fused orange social ascidianMetandrocarpa duraStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Taylor's social tunicateMetandrocarpa tayloriStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blunt-spined MicrocosmusMicrocosmus squamigerPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sand violetMicrocosmus vulgarisPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea grapesMolgula arenataMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea grapesMolgula complanataMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea grapesMolgula griffithsiiMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea grapesMolgula provisionalisMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea grapesMolgula retortiformisMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea grapesMolgula siphonalisMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Giant tunicatePolycarpa spongiabilisStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mottled social tunicatePolycarpa tumidaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Marine prickly pearPolyzoa opuntiaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pink-siphon sea squirtPyura duraPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Herdman's redbaitPyura herdmaniPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Banded tunicatePyura vittataPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Reef tunicateRhopalaea abdominalisDiazonidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bluish club-shaped ascidianRhopalaea neapolitanaDiazonidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Purple ascidianSigillina cyaneaHolozoidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Smiling sea squirtSigillina signiferaHolozoidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Orange-throated ascidianStomozoa australiensisStomozoidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pimpled sea squirtStyela coriaceaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Loch Goil sea squirtStyela gelatinosaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brain ascidianTrididemnum cerebriformeDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Overgrowing mat tunicateTrididemnum solidumDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea grapesBostrichobranchus pilularisMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
California tunicateBotrylloides diegensisStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sand tunicateEudistoma psammionPolycitoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Elephant earsGynandrocarpa placentaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pale HerdmaniaHerdmania pallidaPyuridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blue siphon sea squirtAsterocarpa coeruleaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sea grapeBostrichobranchus septumMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black synascidiaBotrylloides nigerStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Saddle sea squirtCnemidocarpa bicornutaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
White speck tunicateDidemnum conchyliatumDidemnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brazilian lollipop ascidianEudistoma vannameiPolycitoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Green tube tunicatePhallusia fragilisAscidiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Red mushroom compound tunicateRitterella rubraRitterellidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Giant molgulaParamolgula giganteaMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAbyssascidia millariCorellidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAbyssascidia pedunculataCorellidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAbyssascidia wyvilliiCorellidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia antarcticaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia bifidaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia cautisAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia charcotiAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia fissaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia henriqueiAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia opacaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia pacificaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia rimosaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia venustaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia vesiculiphoraAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdagnesia weddelliAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia abyssaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia arnaudiAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia atlanticaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia biscoeiAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia capensisAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia celticaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia glaciataAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia himebojaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia monniotiAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia orthenteronAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia sabulosaAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia septentrionalisAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAgnezia tenueAgneziidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAlloeocarpa aequatorialisStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAlloeocarpa affinisStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAlloeocarpa baccaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAlloeocarpa bigynaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAlloeocarpa bridgesiStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAlloeocarpa capensisStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAlloeocarpa incrustansStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAlloeocarpa loculosaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAlloeocarpa minutaStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmaroucium albidumPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmaroucium complanatumPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmaroucium hepaticumPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmaroucium nigrumPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmphicarpa duploplicataStyelidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAnadistoma attenuatumPseudodistomidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAnomopera ingolfianaMolgulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAplidiopsis amoyensePolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAplidiopsis atlanticusPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAplidiopsis chilensisPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAplidiopsis confluataPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAplidiopsis discoveryiPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAplidiopsis gelidusPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAplidiopsis helenaePolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAplidiopsis hospitalePolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAplidiopsis indicusPolyclinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded