There are 81 species of tunicate (subphylum Tunicata) recorded in Ireland.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Internal anatomy of a generalised tunicate
Class Ascidiacea (sea squirts)
editOrder Aplousobranchia
editFamily Clavelinidae
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- Clavelina lepadiformis (light-bulb sea squirt)
Family Didemnidae
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- 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
editFamily Polycitoridae
editFamily Polyclinidae
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- 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
Family Pycnoclavellidae
editOrder Phlebobranchia
editFamily Ascidiidae
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- Ascidia conchilega
- Ascidia mentula
- Ascidia virginea
- Ascidiella aspersa
- Ascidiella scabra
- Phallusia mammillata
- Ciona intestinalis (vase tunicate)
Family Corellidae
editFamily Diazonidae
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Family Perophoridae
editOrder Pleurogona
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- 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
editFamily Molgulidae (sea grapes)
editPelagic tunicates (free-swimming)
Class Appendicularia (larvaceans)
editFamily Oikopleuridae
edit5 species
Family Fritillariidae
edit4 species
Family Doliolidae
edit3 species
7 species
Order Pyrosomida (pyrosomes)
editFamily Pyrosomatidae (pyrosomes)
edit1 species
References
edit- ^ "Species Browser".
- ^ "Tunicates: Britain / Ireland".
- ^ "Tunicates - Urochordata - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland".
- ^ Farran, G. P.; Southern, R. (1911). "Part 21. Tunicata and Hemichorda". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 31: 21.1–21.4. JSTOR 20520562.
- ^ Thompson, William (1844). "Report on the Fauna of Ireland, Div. Invertebrata".
- ^ "Carpet sea squirt 'found in lough'". Belfasttelegraph.
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)