| Pyura dalbyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Stolidobranchia |
| Family: | Pyuridae |
| Genus: | Pyura |
| Species: | P. dalbyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyura dalbyi Rius & Teske, 2011 | |
Pyura dalbyi, the yellow cunjevoi, is a species of tunicate
This species has been found in several localities in Victoria, south-eastern Australia, [1] and in a single locality in Western Australia (Albany harbour). [2] Unlike other species of cunjevoi in temperate Australasia, P. dalbyi has been found almost exclusively subtidally. [1]
Pyura dalbyi has a yellow, sand-free tunic, a highly conspicuous feature that readily distinguishes it from other species of cunjevoi in temperate Australasia. [2]
Pyura dalbyi is named after Dr. James Edward Dalby Jr, who reported distributional, morphometric and ecological differences between this species and its congener P. praeputialis . [2]
This species is a member of the "P. stolonifera species complex", a group of large ascidians that are often indiscriminately referred to as P. stolonifera in the literature. [2] Genetic data indicate that it is only distantly related to the other two Australasian species in this species complex, P. praeputialis and P. doppelgangera . [3]
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