Polycarpa aurata

Polycarpa aurata
Polycarpa aurata showing its pair of siphons
Nudibranch (Nembrotha lineolata) laying an egg spiral on a Polycarpa aurata off the coast of Metinaro, East Timor.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Styelidae
Genus: Polycarpa
Species:
P. aurata
Binomial name
Polycarpa aurata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Ascidia aurata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Pandocia aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Pandocia botryllifera Michaelsen, 1912
  • Pandocia pizoni Hartmeyer, 1909
  • Polycarpa sulcata Herdman, 1882
  • Styela aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Styela pneumonodes Sluiter, 1895
  • Styela psoloessa Sluiter, 1890

Polycarpa aurata, also known as the ox heart ascidian, the gold-mouth sea squirt or the ink-spot sea squirt, is a species of tunicate in the family Styelidae.

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