What is "styela"

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

Species include:

• Styela adriatica F. & C. Monniot, 1976
• Styela aequatorialis Michaelsen, 1915
• Styela angularis (Stimpson, 1855)
• Styela aomori Oka, 1935
• Styela argillacea Sluiter, 1900
• Styela asterogama Millar, 1975
• Styela bathybia Bonnevie, 1896
• Styela brevigaster Millar, 1988
• Styela calva Monniot C., Monniot F. & Millar, 1976
• Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela chaini Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1970
• Styela changa Monniot & Andrade, 1983
• Styela charcoti Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973
• Styela clava Herdman, 1881
• Styela clavata (Pallas, 1774)
• Styela complexa Kott, 1995
• Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela crinita Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973
• Styela eurygaster Millar, 1977
• Styela gagetyleri Young & Vazquez, 1997
• Styela gelatinosa (Traustedt, 1886)
• Styela gibbsii Stimpson, 1864
• Styela glans Herdman, 1881
• Styela glebosa Sluiter, 1904
• Styela hadalis Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2006
• Styela herdmani Sluiter, 1885
• Styela izuana (Oka, 1934)
• Styela kottae Monniot & Monniot, 1991
• Styela loculosa Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1969
• Styela longiducta Monniot & Monniot, 1985
• Styela longipedata Tokioka, 1953
• Styela longitubis Traustedt & Weltner, 1894
• Styela macrenteron Ritter, 1913
• Styela maeandria Sluiter, 1904
• Styela magalhaensis Michaelsen, 1898
• Styela mallei Monniot, 1978
• Styela materna Monniot & Monniot, 1983
• Styela meteoris Monniot, 2002
• Styela minima Monniot, 1971
• Styela monogamica Oka, 1935
• Styela montereyensis (Dall, 1872)
• Styela multitentaculata Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2006
• Styela natalis Hartmeyer, 1905
• Styela ordinaria Monniot & Monniot, 1985
• Styela paessleri (Michaelsen, 1898)
• Styela perforata Sluiter, 1890
• Styela pfefferi Michaelsen, 1898
• Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823)
• Styela polypes Monniot, Monniot & Millar, 1976
• Styela profunda Sluiter, 1904
• Styela psammodes Sluiter, 1904
• Styela psoliformis Monniot & Monniot, 1989
• Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767
• Styela schmitti Van Name, 1945
• Styela sericata Herdman, 1888
• Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912
• Styela similis Monniot C., 1970
• Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
• Styela subpinguis Herdman, 1923
• Styela suluensis Monniot & Monniot, 2003
• Styela talpina Monniot, 1978
• Styela tenuibranchia Monniot, Monniot & Millar, 1976
• Styela tesseris Lambert, 1993
• Styela thalassae Monniot C., 1969
• Styela theeli ƒrnb‰ck, 1922
• Styela tholiformis (Sluiter, 1912)
• Styela tokiokai Nishikawa, 1991
• Styela truncata Ritter, 1901
• Styela uniplicata Bonnevie, 1896
• Styela wandeli (Sluiter, 1911)
• Styela yakutatensis Ritter, 1901

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

• Styela aggregata Traustedt, 1880: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela albomarginata Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878
• Styela ambonensis Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa ambonensis (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela anguinea Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa anguinea (Sluiter, 1898)
• Styela apalina Alder & Hancock, 1907: synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela appropinquata Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa appropinquata (Sluiter, 1898)
• Styela arctica Swederus, 1887: synonym of Dendrodoa aggregata M¸ller, 1776
• Styela areolata Heller, 1878: synonym of Cnemidocarpa areolata (Heller, 1878)
• Styela argentata Sluiter, 1890: synonym of Polycarpa argentata (Sluiter, 1890)
• Styela armata Lacaze-Duthiers & Delage, 1892: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela ascidioides Herdman, 1906: synonym of Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890)
• Styela asiphonica Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa insulsa (Sluiter, 1898)
• Styela asymmetra (Hartmeyer, 1912): synonym of Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
• Styela atlantica (Van Name, 1912): synonym of Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912
• Styela aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834): synonym of Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Styela aurita Sluiter, 1890: synonym of Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
• Styela barbaris Kott, 1952: synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela barnharti Ritter & Forsyth, 1917: synonym of Styela clava Herdman, 1881
• Styela bathyphila (Millar, 1955): synonym of Cnemidocarpa bathyphila Millar, 1955
• Styela bermudensis Van Name, 1902: synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela bicolor (Sluiter, 1887): synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela bicornuta Sluiter, 1900: synonym of Cnemidocarpa bicornuta (Sluiter, 1900)
• Styela biforis Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa biforis (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela brevipedunculata Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
• Styela bythia Herdman, 1881: synonym of Cnemidocarpa bythia (Herdman, 1881)
• Styela canopoides Heller, 1877: synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela captiosa Sluiter, 1885: synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Styela cartilaginea Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa cartilaginea (Sluiter, 1898)
• Styela cerea Sluiter, 1900: synonym of Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
• Styela circumarata Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
• Styela clara Hartmeyer, 1906: synonym of Cnemidocarpa clara (Hartmeyer, 1906)
• Styela coerulea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834): synonym of Asterocarpa coerulea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Styela comata (Alder, 1863): synonym of Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)
• Styela conica Swederus, 1887: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela contecta Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa contecta (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela convexa Herdman, 1881: synonym of Cnemidocarpa drygalskii (Hartmeyer, 1911)
• Styela costata (Hartmeyer, 1911): synonym of Styela angularis (Stimpson, 1855)
• Styela cryptocarpa Sluiter, 1885: synonym of Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878
• Styela curtzei Michaelsen, 1900: synonym of Cnemidocarpa nordenskjˆldi (Michaelsen, 1898)
• Styela cylindrica Bonnevie, 1896: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela cylindriformis Bonnevie, 1896: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela depressa Alder & Hancock, 1907: synonym of Polycarpa tenera Lacaze-Duthiers & Delage, 1892
• Styela doliolum Bjerkan, 1905: synonym of Styela gelatinosa (Traustedt, 1886)
• Styela drygalskii (Hartmeyer, 1911): synonym of Cnemidocarpa drygalskii (Hartmeyer, 1911)
• Styela elata (Heller, 1878): synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Styela elsa Hartmeyer, 1906: synonym of Cnemidocarpa clara (Hartmeyer, 1906)
• Styela esther Hartmeyer, 1906: synonym of Cnemidocarpa irene (Hartmeyer, 1906)
• Styela etheridgii Herdman, 1899: synonym of Cnemidocarpa radicosa (Herdman, 1882)
• Styela fertilis Hartmeyer, 1906: synonym of Cnemidocarpa fertilis (Hartmeyer, 1906)
• Styela fibrillata Alder & Hancock, 1907: synonym of Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)
• Styela finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893): synonym of Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893)
• Styela flava Herdman, 1881: synonym of Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
• Styela flexibilis Sluiter, 1905: synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
• Styela floccosa Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Cnemidocarpa floccosa (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela friabilis Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
• Styela fuliginea Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
• Styela gracilocarpa Millar, 1982: synonym of Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
• Styela grahami Sluiter, 1905: synonym of Dicarpa insinuosa (Sluiter, 1912)
• Styela grandis Herdman, 1881: synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
• Styela granulata (Alder, 1863): synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela greeleyi (Ritter, 1899): synonym of Styela clavata (Pallas, 1774)
• Styela grossularia (Beneden, 1846): synonym of Dendrodoa grossularia (Van Beneden, 1846)
• Styela gyrosa Heller, 1877: synonym of Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823)
• Styela hemicaespitosa Ritter, 1913: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela humilis Heller, 1878: synonym of Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
• Styela hupferi (Michaelsen, 1904): synonym of Distomus hupferi (Michaelsen, 1904)
• Styela incubita Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Cnemidocarpa incubita (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela informis Forbes, 1848: synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela insinuosa (Sluiter, 1912): synonym of Dicarpa insinuosa (Sluiter, 1912)
• Styela insulsa Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa insulsa (Sluiter, 1898)
• Styela irene Hartmeyer, 1906: synonym of Cnemidocarpa irene (Hartmeyer, 1906)
• Styela irma (Hartmeyer, 1927): synonym of Cnemidocarpa irene (Hartmeyer, 1906)
• Styela joannae Herdman, 1898: synonym of Cnemidocarpa clara (Hartmeyer, 1906)
• Styela kroboja Oka, 1906: synonym of Polycarpa obscura Heller, 1878
• Styela lactea Herdman, 1881: synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
• Styela lapidosa (Herdman, 1891): synonym of Polyandrocarpa lapidosa (Herdman, 1891)
• Styela lineata Traustedt, 1880: synonym of Dendrodoa lineata (Traustedt, 1880)
• Styela lobata Kott, 1952: synonym of Cnemidocarpa lobata (Kott, 1952)
• Styela longata Kott, 1954: synonym of Cnemidocarpa longata (Kott, 1954)
• Styela loveni (Sars, 1851): synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela lovenii (Sars, 1851): synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela macrogastra Oka, 1935: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela maculata Sanamyan, 1992: synonym of Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
• Styela maendria Sluiter, 1904_: synonym of Styela maendria Sluiter, 1904
• Styela maendria Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Styela maeandria Sluiter, 1904
• Styela mammiculata Carlisle, 1954: synonym of Styela clava Herdman, 1881
• Styela maroccana Sluiter, 1927: synonym of Cnemidocarpa irene (Hartmeyer, 1906)
• Styela marquesana Michaelsen, 1918: synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela melincae ƒrnb‰ck, 1929: synonym of Styela magalhaensis Michaelsen, 1898
• Styela milleri Ritter, 1907: synonym of Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
• Styela miniata Sluiter, 1905: synonym of Eusynstyela miniata (Sluiter, 1905)
• Styela mollis (Stimpson, 1852): synonym of Cnemidocarpa mollis (Stimpson, 1852)
• Styela monoceros (Moeller, 1842): synonym of Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767
• Styela natalensis Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa natalensis (Sluiter, 1898)
• Styela nidrosiensis ƒrnb‰ck, 1926: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela nisiotis Sluiter, 1900: synonym of Cnemidocarpa nisiotis (Sluiter, 1900)
• Styela nivosa Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa anguinea (Sluiter, 1898)
• Styela nordenskjˆldi Michaelsen, 1898: synonym of Cnemidocarpa nordenskjˆldi (Michaelsen, 1898)
• Styela northumbrica Alder & Hancock, 1907: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela nutrix Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa argentata (Sluiter, 1890)
• Styela oblonga Herdman, 1881: synonym of Styela squamosa Herdman, 1881
• Styela obscura Alder & Hancock, 1907: synonym of Polycarpa tenera Lacaze-Duthiers & Delage, 1892
• Styela obtecta (Traustedt, 1883): synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
• Styela ohlini Michaelsen, 1898: synonym of Cnemidocarpa ohlini (Michaelsen, 1898)
• Styela oligocarpa Sluiter, 1885: synonym of Cnemidocarpa oligocarpa (Sluiter, 1885)
• Styela olitoria Sluiter, 1890: synonym of Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890)
• Styela opalina Alder, 1863: synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela orbicularis Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela palinorsa Sluiter, 1895: synonym of Polycarpa palinorsa (Sluiter, 1895)
• Styela papillata Kott, 1954: synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Styela papillata Sluiter, 1885: synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Styela partita (Stimpson, 1852): synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela partito (Stimpson, 1852): synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela patens Sluiter, 1885: synonym of Polycarpa patens (Sluiter, 1885)
• Styela pavementis Kott, 1952: synonym of Cnemidocarpa irene (Hartmeyer, 1906)
• Styela pedata (Herdman, 1881): synonym of Cnemidocarpa pedata (Herdman, 1881)
• Styela personata Herdman, 1899: synonym of Cnemidocarpa personata (Herdman, 1899)
• Styela phaula Sluiter, 1895: synonym of Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885
• Styela pigmentata Herdman, 1906: synonym of Polycarpa pigmentata (Herdman, 1906)
• Styela pinguis Herdman, 1899: synonym of Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823)
• Styela plata Oka, 1930: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela pneumonodes Sluiter, 1895: synonym of Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Styela procera Sluiter, 1885: synonym of Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)
• Styela prolifera Sluiter, 1905: synonym of Stolonica prolifera Sluiter, 1905
• Styela psoloessa Sluiter, 1890: synonym of Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Styela pupa Heller, 1878: synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela pustulosa Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa pustulosa (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela quadrangularis Forbes, 1848: synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela quadrata (Herdman, 1882): synonym of Polycarpa quadrata Herdman, 1881
• Styela quidni (Sluiter, 1912): synonym of Styela wandeli (Sluiter, 1911)
• Styela radicata Millar, 1962: synonym of Cnemidocarpa radicata (Millar, 1962)
• Styela radicosa Herdman, 1882: synonym of Cnemidocarpa radicosa (Herdman, 1882)
• Styela ramificata Kott, 1952: synonym of Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
• Styela rectangularis Kott, 1952: synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela reducta Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Stolonica reducta (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela reniformis Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa reniformis (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela rhizopus Redikorzev, 1907: synonym of Cnemidocarpa rhizopus (Redikorzev, 1907)
• Styela robusta Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890)
• Styela rotunda Herdman, 1910: synonym of Cnemidocarpa drygalskii (Hartmeyer, 1911)
• Styela rubida Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa rubida (Sluiter, 1898)
• Styela rubra (Fewkes, 1889): synonym of Styela montereyensis (Dall, 1872)
• Styela sabulifera Ritter, 1913: synonym of Cnemidocarpa rhizopus (Redikorzev, 1907)
• Styela salebrosa Beniaminson, 1971: synonym of Styela coriacea (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Styela sedata Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Cnemidocarpa sedata (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela seminuda Sluiter, 1898: synonym of Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883
• Styela serpentina (Sluiter, 1912): synonym of Cnemidocarpa pfefferi (Michaelsen, 1898)
• Styela sobria Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa sobria (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela solvens Sluiter, 1895: synonym of Polycarpa olitoria (Sluiter, 1890)
• Styela spectabilis Herdman, 1910: synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
• Styela spiralis Sluiter, 1885: synonym of Polycarpa spiralis (Sluiter, 1885)
• Styela spirifera (Herdman, 1899): synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
• Styela steineni Michaelsen, 1898: synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
• Styela stephensoni Michaelsen, 1934: synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela stimpsoni Ritter, 1900: synonym of Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis (Kiaer, 1893)
• Styela stolonifera Herdman, 1899: synonym of Cnemidocarpa stolonifera (Herdman, 1899)
• Styela sulcatula (Alder, 1863): synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela thelyphanes Sluiter, 1904: synonym of Polycarpa thelyphanes (Sluiter, 1904)
• Styela tinaktae Van Name, 1918: synonym of Cnemidocarpa tinaktae (Van Name, 1918)
• Styela traustedti Sluiter, 1890: synonym of Cnemidocarpa traustedti (Sluiter, 1890)
• Styela tuberosa (MacGillivray, 1844): synonym of Polycarpa pomaria (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela variabilis Hancock, 1868: synonym of Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
• Styela verrucosa (Lesson, 1830): synonym of Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)
• Styela vestita (Alder, 1860): synonym of Cnemidocarpa mollis (Stimpson, 1852)
• Styela violacea (Alder, 1863): synonym of Polycarpa violacea (Alder, 1863)
• Styela whiteleggei (Herdman, 1899): synonym of Cnemidocarpa pedata (Herdman, 1881)
• Styela whiteleggii Herdman, 1899: synonym of Cnemidocarpa pedata (Herdman, 1881)