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Pyura chilensis
Species of sea squirt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pyura chilensis, called piure in Spanish and piür or piwü in Mapudungun,[1] is a tunicate of the family Pyuridae. It was described in 1782 by Juan Ignacio Molina.[2]
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Pyura chilensis | |
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Piure on a bed of clams, harvested in the Valparaíso Region | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Ascidiacea |
Order: | Stolidobranchia |
Family: | Pyuridae |
Genus: | Pyura |
Species: | P. chilensis |
Binomial name | |
Pyura chilensis (Molina, 1782) | |
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