Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Alloeocarpa aequatorialis		Western Central Pacific		1953
Alloeocarpa bacca		Antarctic, Southwest Atla		1929
Alloeocarpa bigyna		Southwest Atlantic, South		1978
Alloeocarpa bridgesi		Antarctic, Southwest Atla		1900
Alloeocarpa capensis		South Africa.
Alloeocarpa incrustans		Antarctic and Southwest A		1886
Alloeocarpa loculosa		Northeast Atlantic and So		1975
Asterocarpa humilis		Indo-Pacific		1878
Bathyoncus arafurensis		Western Central Pacific		2003
Bathyoncus enderbyanus		Antarctic.		1904
Bathyoncus herdmani		Northeast Atlantic		1904
Bathyoncus lanatus		Western Central Pacific	1.8 WD	1991
Bathyoncus mirabilis		Antarctic Atlantic and In	0.8 H	1882
Bathyoncus tantulus		Pacific Ocean		1991
Bathystyeloides anfractus		Western Indian Ocean	0.5 WD	1985
Bathystyeloides dubius		Eastern Atlantic		1984
Bathystyeloides enderbyanus		Antarctic, Mediterranean,		1904
Bathystyeloides laubieri		Eastern Atlantic		1974
Bathystyeloides magnus		Indo-West Pacific	1.7 WD	1999
Bathystyeloides mexicanus		Western Central Atlantic		1987
Bathystyeloides miriducta		Western Central Pacific		1991
Botryllocarpa elongata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1990
Botryllocarpa viridis		Eastern Central Pacific		1908
Botrylloides anceps		Western Central Pacific		1891
Botrylloides aureus		North Atlantic.		1851
Botrylloides diegensis		Eastern Central Pacific a		1917
Botrylloides israeliense		Mediterranean Sea.		2009
Botrylloides leachii	Ladder ascidian	Cosmopolitan.		1816
Botrylloides meandrinum		Western Indian Ocean
Botrylloides mediterraneum		Mediterranean		1909
Botrylloides niger		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W		1886
Botrylloides violaceus	Purple colonial tunicate	Cosmopolitan.		1927
Botryllus anceps		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an		1891
Botryllus anomalus		Western Indian Ocean		1962
Botryllus arenaceus		Western Central Pacific		1988
Botryllus aster		Western Central Pacific		1991
Botryllus chevalense		Western Central Pacific		1906
Botryllus closionis	Fenced ascidian	Southeast Atlantic		2001
Botryllus compositus		Eastern Indian Ocean		1967
Botryllus delicatus		Northwest Pacific		2001
Botryllus diegense		Northwest Atlantic and Ea		1917
Botryllus elegans	Seaweed ascidian	Southeast Atlantic and We		1834
Botryllus firmus		Western Central Pacific.		1996
Botryllus giganteum		Eastern Atlantic and Indo		1949
Botryllus gracilis		Indo-West Pacific		1927
Botryllus gregalis		Southeast Atlantic and In		1898
Botryllus lenis		Southeast Atlantic and In
Botryllus leptus		Western Central Pacific		1899
Botryllus maeandrius		Western Indian Ocean	1 WD	1898
Botryllus magnicoecus	Star ascidian	Southeast Atlantic and In		1912
Botryllus magnus		Northern Pacific.		1901
Botryllus meandrius		Southeast Atlantic and In		2001
Botryllus mortensi		Southeast Atlantic and We		1964
Botryllus ovalis		Western Central Pacific		1988
Botryllus perspicuum		Indo-Pacific and Western		1886
Botryllus planus		Western Atlantic and West		1902
Botryllus primigenus		Western Atlantic		1928
Botryllus promiscuus		Northwest Pacific.		2002
Botryllus puniceus		Northwest Pacific.		2003
Botryllus saccus		Eastern Indian Ocean		2003
Botryllus scalaris		Northwest Pacific		1981
Botryllus schlosseri	Golden star tunicate	Cosmopolitan.	5 TL	1766
Botryllus simodensis	Orange sheath tunicate	Eastern Central Pacific
Botryllus stewartensis		Indo-West Pacific		1958
Botryllus tuberatus	White spotted colonial tunicate	Indo-Pacific and Western	0.4 COLD	1917
Botryllus tyreus		Western Central Pacific		1886
Chorizocarpa guttata		Western Pacific		1904
Chorizocarpa michaelseni		Western Central Pacific		1900
Chorizocarpa sydneiensis		Western Pacific		1891
Chorizocormus reticulatus		Southwest Pacific and Ant		1886
Cnemidocarpa acanthifera		Antarctic Indian Ocean		2011
Cnemidocarpa aculeata		Western Central Pacific;		1985
Cnemidocarpa alentura		Western Central Pacific;		1906
Cnemidocarpa alisi		Western Central Pacific		1992
Cnemidocarpa amphora		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Cnemidocarpa annectens		Northern Atlantic		1921
Cnemidocarpa areolata		Western Pacific		1878
Cnemidocarpa asymmetra		South Africa.
Cnemidocarpa barbata		Southwest Atlantic, Antar	1 H	1962
Cnemidocarpa bathyphila		Atlantic Ocean, Indo-West	0.7 WD	1955
Cnemidocarpa bicornuta		Southwest Pacific		1900
Cnemidocarpa bythia		Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci	2 TL	1881
Cnemidocarpa campylogona		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Cnemidocarpa cirrata		Northeast Atlantic		1922
Cnemidocarpa clara		Northwest Pacific		1906
Cnemidocarpa clipeata		Northeast Atlantic		1921
Cnemidocarpa completa		Indo-West Pacific		1985
Cnemidocarpa concha		Western Indian Ocean	9 TL	2002
Cnemidocarpa devia		Northeast Atlantic		1931
Cnemidocarpa digonas		Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra		1969
Cnemidocarpa drygalskii		Southwest Atlantic, Pacif		1911
Cnemidocarpa effracta		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1978
Cnemidocarpa eposi		Antarctic Atlantic		1994
Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis	Shiny Red Sea squirt	Northern Atlantic, Northe	5 WD	1893
Cnemidocarpa fissa		Eastern Indian Ocean		1985
Cnemidocarpa floccosa		Pacific Ocean.		1904
Cnemidocarpa hartmeyeri		Northeast Atlantic		1918
Cnemidocarpa hemprichi		Indo-West Pacific.	3 TL	1916
Cnemidocarpa humilis		Indo-Pacific		1878
Cnemidocarpa intestinata		Western Central Pacific		1985
Cnemidocarpa irene		Pacific Ocean and Atlanti		1906
Cnemidocarpa jacens		Western Central Pacific		2003
Cnemidocarpa javensis		Western Central Pacific		1975
Cnemidocarpa joannae		Northeast Pacific		1898
Cnemidocarpa lapidosa		Northeast Pacific		1906
Cnemidocarpa lobata		Indo-West Pacific		1952
Cnemidocarpa longata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1954
Cnemidocarpa margaritifera		Western Indian Ocean	2.5 TL	1918
Cnemidocarpa minuta		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1881
Cnemidocarpa mollis		Northern Atlantic and the	1.5 WD	1852
Cnemidocarpa mollispina		Northern Atlantic		1922
Cnemidocarpa mortenseni		Northeast Atlantic.		1912
Cnemidocarpa nisiotis		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Cnemidocarpa nordenskjoldi	Scallop sea squirt	Southeast Pacific, Southw		1898
Cnemidocarpa ohlini	Little tomato	Antarctic, Southwest Atla		1898
Cnemidocarpa oligocarpa		Western Central Pacific		1885
Cnemidocarpa pedata		Indo-West Pacific.		1899
Cnemidocarpa personata		Indo-West Pacific		1881
Cnemidocarpa peruviana		Southeast Pacific.		1970
Cnemidocarpa pfefferi		Periantarctic.		1898
Cnemidocarpa platybranchia		Indo-West Pacific, Atlant	0.8 WD	1955
Cnemidocarpa posthuma		Eastern Indian Ocean		1927
Cnemidocarpa psammophora		Eastern Atlantic		1962
Cnemidocarpa quadrata		Central Indo-Pacific.		1882
Cnemidocarpa radicata		Indo-West Pacific		1962
Cnemidocarpa radicosa		Indo-West Pacific		1882
Cnemidocarpa ramosa		Northwest Pacific		1991
Cnemidocarpa recta		Western Central Pacific		1991
Cnemidocarpa rectofissura		Southwest Pacific		1982
Cnemidocarpa reticulata		Western Central Pacific		1975
Cnemidocarpa rhizopus		Northern Atlantic and Nor		1907
Cnemidocarpa robinsoni		Southwest Atlantic and So		1916
Cnemidocarpa sabulosa		Northeast Atlantic		1966
Cnemidocarpa schumacheri		Western Indian Ocean		2002
Cnemidocarpa sedata		Central Indo-Pacific.		1904
Cnemidocarpa sericata		Antarctic, Southeast Atla		1988
Cnemidocarpa sericator		Antarctic.		1971
Cnemidocarpa squamata		Northeast Atlantic		1970
Cnemidocarpa stewartensis		Southwest Pacific		1922
Cnemidocarpa stolonifera		Western Pacific		1899
Cnemidocarpa tinaktae		Western Central Pacific	1.8 WD	1918
Cnemidocarpa traustedti		Western Central Pacific		1890
Cnemidocarpa tribranchiata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1992
Cnemidocarpa tripartita		Eastern Indian Ocean		1985
Cnemidocarpa univesica		Antarctic Indian Ocean		2011
Cnemidocarpa verrucosa	Sea toad	Southwest Atlantic, South	20 TL	1830
Cnemidocarpa victoriae		Southwest Atlantic and So		1983
Cnemidocarpa zenkevitchi		Antarctica.		1958
Dendrodoa abbotti		Eastern Pacific.		1984
Dendrodoa aggregata		Northern Pacific, Norther		1806
Dendrodoa carnea		Northern Atlantic		1850
Dendrodoa grossularia	Baked-bean ascidian	Arctic, Northern Pacific	2 H	1846
Dendrodoa lineata		Arctic, Northwest Pacific		1880
Dendrodoa minuta		Northeast Atlantic		1896
Dendrodoa pulchella		Arctic, Northern Pacific		1871
Dendrodoa uniplicata		Northeast Atlantic		1896
Dextrocarpa misanthropos		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1978
Dicarpa antarctica		Antarctic Indian Ocean an	0.7 WD	1976
Dicarpa atlantica		Eastern Atlantic		1964
Dicarpa cornicula		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1978
Dicarpa fibrata		Eastern Central Atlantic		1997
Dicarpa insinuosa		Antarctic.		1912
Dicarpa lata		Southeast Atlantic. Sout	0.4 WD	1976
Dicarpa mysogyna		Antarctic.		1982
Dicarpa pacifica		Northeast Atlantic and We		1964
Dicarpa simplex		Atlantic Ocean and Easter		1955
Dicarpa spinifera		Southwest Atlantic		1976
Dicarpa tricostata		Antarctic.		1960
Distomus antiborealis		Southeast Atlantic		2001
Distomus fuscus		Northeast Atlantic		1841
Distomus hupferi		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1904
Distomus pacificus		Western Central Pacific		1991
Distomus rudentiformis		Eastern Central Atlantic		1915
Distomus variolosus		Northeast Atlantic and th		1774
Eusynstyela beuziti		Eastern Atlantic		1970
Eusynstyela caudata		Northeast Atlantic.		1975
Eusynstyela discoidea		Northeast Atlantic.		1877
Eusynstyela errans		Northeast Atlantic.		1911
Eusynstyela grandis		Western Central Pacific		1985
Eusynstyela gravei		Western Central Atlantic.		1931
Eusynstyela hartmeyeri		Indo-Pacific, Northeast A		1904
Eusynstyela latericius		Indo-West Pacific.		1904
Eusynstyela miniata		Western Indian Ocean		1905
Eusynstyela misakiensis		Western Pacific		1972
Eusynstyela phiala		Western Central Pacific		1991
Eusynstyela tincta		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P		1902
Eusynstyela transversalis		Eastern Central Pacific		1963
Gynandrocarpa lacerta		South Africa.		1886
Gynandrocarpa placenta		Southeast Atlantic and In		1886
Gynandrocarpa solitaris		Southeast Atlantic and In		1955
Gynandrocarpa unilateralis		South Africa.
Hemistyela hirta		South Africa.		1974
Hemistyela pacifica		Northeast Pacific		2006
Kukenthalia borealis		Northern Atlantic and the		1894
Metandrocarpa agitata		Indo-West Pacific		1985
Metandrocarpa asymmetra		Southeast Atlantic		2001
Metandrocarpa dura	Colonial tunicate	Eastern Pacific	0.6 WD	1896
Metandrocarpa fascicularis		Southeast Atlantic		1962
Metandrocarpa indica		Eastern Indian Ocean		1972
Metandrocarpa manina		Indo-West Pacific		1987
Metandrocarpa michaelseni		Eastern Pacific		1917
Metandrocarpa miniscula		Western Central Pacific		1985
Metandrocarpa reducta		Indo-West Pacific	0.0 WD	1988
Metandrocarpa sterreri		Indo-West Pacific		1972
Metandrocarpa taylori	Taylor's social tunicate	Eastern Pacific. Tempera	20 COLD	1912
Metandrocarpa thilenii		Eastern Pacific. Tempera		1922
Metandrocarpa uedai		Eastern Pacific. Tempera
Metandrocarpa vedai		Northwest Pacific		1972
Minostyela clavata		Antarctic		1969
Monandrocarpa abyssa		Antarctic Atlantic and So	3 TL	1999
Monandrocarpa incubita		Antarctic Atlantic and So		1904
Monandrocarpa plana		Western Pacific		1972
Monandrocarpa simplicigona		Western Central Pacific	1.5 WD	1975
Monandrocarpa stolonifera		Western Central Pacific		1970
Monandrocarpa tritonis		Southeast Atlantic		1904
Oculinaria australis		Indo-West Pacific		1868
Oculinaria occultare		Western Central Pacific		1991
Oligocarpa megalorchis		Antarctic Indian Ocean an		1911
Oligocarpa skoogi		Southeast Atlantic		1923
Pelonaia corrugata		Northeast Atlantic, North	14 TL	1841
Podostyela grynfeltti		Northeast Atlantic, North		1933
Polyandrocarpa abjornseni		Eastern Indian Ocean		1927
Polyandrocarpa anguinea		Western Atlantic and East	1.5 TL	1898
Polyandrocarpa australiensis		Indo-West Pacific		1952
Polyandrocarpa colemani		Western Pacific	1.5 TL	1992
Polyandrocarpa colligata		Western Central Pacific		1913
Polyandrocarpa durbanensis		Western Indian Ocean		1955
Polyandrocarpa floridana		Western Central Atlantic		1921
Polyandrocarpa glandulosa		Western Central Pacific		1987
Polyandrocarpa griffithsi		Western Indian Ocean		2001
Polyandrocarpa lapidosa		Indo-West Pacific		1891
Polyandrocarpa maxima		Antarctica.		1904
Polyandrocarpa misakiensis		Antarctica.		1953
Polyandrocarpa nivosa		Antarctica.		1898
Polyandrocarpa oligocarpa		Southwest Pacific		1970
Polyandrocarpa placenta		Southeast Atlantic and th		1886
Polyandrocarpa polypora		Western Central Pacific		2001
Polyandrocarpa robusta		Indo-Pacific		1915
Polyandrocarpa rollandi		Indo-West Pacific.		1961
Polyandrocarpa sabanillae		Western Central Atlantic		1921
Polyandrocarpa sagamiensis		Pacific Ocean		1953
Polyandrocarpa simulans		Eastern Indian Ocean		1972
Polyandrocarpa sparsa		Southwest Pacific		1985
Polyandrocarpa tarona		Eastern Central Pacific		1987
Polyandrocarpa tenera		Eastern Central Pacific
Polyandrocarpa triggiensis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1952
Polyandrocarpa violacea		Western Indian Ocean		1905
Polyandrocarpa watsonia		Eastern Indian Ocean		1985
Polyandrocarpa zorritensis		Cosmopolitan.	15 COLD	1931
Polycarpa aernbaeckae		Northeast Atlantic		1964

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Family: Styelidae (See list of species below)

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