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There are 81 species of tunicate (subphylum Tunicata) recorded in Ireland.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Class Ascidiacea (sea squirts)

Order Aplousobranchia

Family Clavelinidae

• Clavelina lepadiformis (light-bulb sea squirt)

Family Didemnidae

• Didemnum fulgens
• Didemnum maculosum
• Didemnum vexillum (carpet sea squirt, an invasive species recorded in Strangford Lough in 2012)[7]
• Diplosoma listerianum
• Diplosoma spongiforme
• Lissoclinum perforatum
• Trididemnum cereum
• Trididemnum tenerum

Family Holozoidae

• Distaplia rosea

Family Polycitoridae

• Archidistoma aggregatum

Family Pycnoclavellidae

• Pycnoclavella aurilucens
• Pycnoclavella producta
• Pycnoclavella stolonialis

Order Enterogona

Family Ascidiidae

• Ascidia conchilega
• Ascidia mentula
• Ascidia virginea
• Ascidiella aspersa
• Ascidiella scabra
• Phallusia mammillata

Family Cionidae

• Ciona intestinalis (vase tunicate)

Family Polyclinidae

• Aplidium densum
• Aplidium elegans
• Aplidium glabrum
• Aplidium nordmanni
• Aplidium pallidum
• Aplidium proliferum
• Aplidium punctum
• Aplidium turbinatum
• Morchellium argus (red-flake ascidian)
• Polyclinum aurantium
• Synoicum incrustatum
• Synoicum pulmonaria

Order Phlebobranchia

Family Corellidae

• Corella eumyota
• Corella parallelogramma

Family Diazonidae

• Diazona violacea

Family Perophoridae

• Perophora listeri

Order Pleurogona

Family Styelidae

• Botrylloides leachii
• Botryllus schlosseri (star ascidian / golden star tunicate)
• Dendrodoa grossularia
• Distomus variolosus
• Polycarpa fibrosa
• Polycarpa gracilis
• Polycarpa pomaria
• Polycarpa scuba
• Stolonica socialis
• Styela clava (stalked sea squirt, club sea squirt, club tunicate, Asian tunicate, leathery sea squirt, rough sea squirt)
• Styela coriacea

Order Stolidobranchia

Family Molgulidae (sea grapes)

• Molgula citrina
• Molgula complanata
• Molgula manhattensis
• Molgula occulta
• Molgula oculata (sea grape)

Family Pyuridae

• Boltenia echinata
• Microcosmus claudicans
• Pyura microcosmus
• Pyura squamulosa
• Pyura tessellata

Pelagic tunicates (free-swimming)

Class Appendicularia (larvaceans)

Order Copelata

Family Oikopleuridae

5 species

Family Fritillariidae

4 species

Class Thaliacea (pelagic tunicates)

Order Doliolida

Family Doliolidae

3 species

Order Salpida (salps)

Family Salpidae (salps)

7 species

Order Pyrosomida (pyrosomes)

Family Pyrosomatidae (pyrosomes)

1 species

References

Identification

• Harant, H. & Vernieres P., 1933. Tuniciers I. Faune de France n° 27 101 p., 94 fig.PDF (4 Mo)
• Harant, H. & Vernieres P., 1938 Tuniciers II. Faune de France n° 33 60 p., 64 fig. PDF (2 Mo)

External links

• Marine species identification portal

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