Tunicates

Pyura styeliformis

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 1–18 m

A cave dweller found in a marine lake, this sea squirt anchors to rock between roughly one and eighteen metres down. It filters plankton and fine particles from the water through a tough leathery tunic.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 251304.