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)
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]
^Sánchez Cabezas, Gilberto (2010). "Los mapuchismos en el DRAE". Boletín de Filología (in Spanish). XLV (2): 149–256. doi:10.4067/S0718-93032010000200008.
^"WoRMS taxon details—Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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