Red Baits and Allies - Family: Pyuridae
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Mauve-mouth Ascidian - Herdmania grandis
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Red-throated Ascidian - Herdmania momus
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Microcosmus exasperatus (possible occurrence)
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Blunt-spined Microcosmus - Microcosmus squamiger
Pyura elongata
Lumpy Sea Tulip - Pyura gibbosa
Cunjevoi - Pyura praeputialis
Giant Sea Tulip - Pyura spinifera
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Tunicata (Tunicates)
> Class: Ascidiacea (Sea Squirts)
> Order: Stolidobranchia
> Family: Pyuridae (Red Baits and Allies)
> Genus: Herdmania
> Species: H. grandis - Mauve-mouth Ascidian
> Species: H. momus - Red-throated Ascidian
> Genus: Microcosmus
> Species: M. exasperatus ^
> Species: M. squamiger - Blunt-spined Microcosmus
> Genus: Pyura (Red Baits)
> Species: P. elongata
> Species: P. gibbosa - Lumpy Sea Tulip
> Species: P. praeputialis - Cunjevoi
> Species: P. spinifera - Giant Sea Tulip
^ = possibly
* = likely
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