Pyura chilensis
| Pyura chilensis | |
|---|---|
| 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, is a tunicate of the family Pyuridae. It was described in 1782 by Juan Ignacio Molina.