Sea Tulip (species: Pyura spinifera) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Pyura spinifera
Sea Tulip


©Richard Ling: Sea Tulips (Pyura spinifera)

©John Turnbull: Sea Tulip (Pyura spinifera) on the left, Bare Island, NSW

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Ascidiacea
Order Stolidobranchia
Family Pyuridae
Genus Pyura
Species Pyura spinifera
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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

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Interesting facts

  • Sea Tulip get their vivid colours from a symbiotic relationship with a colourful sponge, Halisarca australiensis.

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