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  3. Chordates
  4. Sea Squirts
  5. Stolidobranchia
  6. Styelidae
  7. Lumpy Sea Mats

genus

Lumpy Sea Mats

Styela

Includes
2 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Styela is a genus of tunicates. Styela clava, an edible species, is known as an invasive species in some areas.

Species include:

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

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  • Pleated Sea Squirt native
  • Stalked Sea Squirt introduced
  • Long-stalked Sea Squirt native
  • Rough Sea Squirt
  • Styela gibbsii
  • Styela truncata
  • Styela yakutatensis
  • Pimpled Sea Squirt native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native lumpy sea mats All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Pleated Sea Squirt Styela plicata 2,306 observations
  • Long-stalked Sea Squirt Styela montereyensis 1,143 observations
  • Pimpled Sea Squirt Styela coriacea 8 observations

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