Didemnum granulatum Tokioka 1954

Monniot, Françoise, 2016, Ascidians (Tunicata) of the French Guiana Expedition, Zootaxa 4114 (3), pp. 201-245 : 207

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6EA59057-0E05-4AA5-8B84-327CBDB32E5B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068876

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A25D4D00-D64A-7623-7BF3-FC277C78FB00

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Plazi

scientific name

Didemnum granulatum Tokioka 1954
status

 

Didemnum granulatum Tokioka 1954

Stations. SR23; SC13; 1980 Guiana I. Royale (Monniot collection).

This species often recorded from the tropical Pacific Ocean was already noticed from Brazil by Rocha & Monniot (1995). It was found again at several times from other Brazilian localities ( Paiva et al 2015). This well known species is orange with a characteristic granular surface. The zooid has no languet and a single testis lobe. The larva has 3 adhesive papillae and 4 pairs of lateral ectodermal ampullae.

Its geographic origin is not known.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Ascidiacea

Order

Enterogona

Family

Didemnidae

Genus

Didemnum

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