Distaplia micropnoa ( Sluiter, 1909 )

Lambert, Gretchen, Lee, Serina Siew-Chen & Teo, Serena Lay-Ming, 2021, Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop, Zootaxa 4933 (1), pp. 1-38 : 8

Distaplia micropnoa ( Sluiter, 1909) NEW RECORD

Figure 3A

Colonies mushroom shaped, stalk white with red and yellow cap, color retained in buffered formalin. Zooids arranged in double longitudinal rows on the cap, cloacal openings only at top of colony. Large atrial languet paddle shaped. Stomach with longitudinal folds.

#4629, single colony 2 cm total height, 1.1 cm in width; #4649, small colony 1.1 cm across.

Distribution: Indonesia, Palau, Australia.

References with detailed descriptions and figures: Tokioka (1967), Monniot F. & Monniot C. (2001), Kott (2002a).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A: Distaplia micropnoa, 2 cm in height; B: Distaplia regina preserved colony 8 cm across; C: D. regina unhatched tadpole 2 mm in length; D, E: Eudistoma amplum colony 6 cm across; F, G: E. amplum different colony 2.5 cm across. F: slice through entire colony; G: single zooid 8 mm in length.