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Pyura praeputialis
Species of sea squirt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pyura praeputialis is an intertidal and shallow water species of tunicate. It is one of three species of "cunjevoi" in Australasia (the other two being the yellow cunjevoi P. dalbyi and the doppelganger cunjevoi P. doppelgangera). It is the first reported species of marine organism to create a "foam-nest" for its larvae.[2]
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Pyura praeputialis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Ascidiacea |
Order: | Stolidobranchia |
Family: | Pyuridae |
Genus: | Pyura |
Species: | P. praeputialis |
Binomial name | |
Pyura praeputialis (Heller, 1878)[1] | |
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