Sea Mouse

Pyura legumen

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–200 m

A solitary sea squirt of pebble fields and rocky bottoms, it ranges from the shallows down to about 200 metres. It draws water through one siphon and out another, filtering out the plankton as it passes.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Ascidiacea › Stolidobranchia › Pyuridae › Pyura

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 251275.