Sea tulip
A species of Pyura Scientific name : Pyura pachydermatina Genus : Pyura
Sea tulip, A species of Pyura
Botanical name: Pyura pachydermatina
Genus: Pyura
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Description
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Description
Pyura pachydermatina has a club-shaped body supported by a long stalk, both being covered by a tough exterior tunic. In colour it is off-white or a garish shade of reddish-purple. The stalk is two thirds to three quarters the length of the whole animal which helps distinguish it from certain invasive tunicates not native to New Zealand such as Styela clava and Pyura stolonifera. It is one of the largest species of tunicates and can grow to over a metre (yard) in length.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Sea squirts Order
Stolidobranchia Family
Pyuridae Genus
Pyura Species
Sea tulip 
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