Polycarpa Heller, 1877

Monniot, Françoise & Monniot, Claude, 2001, Ascidians from the tropical western Pacific, Zoosystema 23 (2), pp. 201-383 : 322

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5391440

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468099

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F57D87A3-FFA6-3141-E874-FC3BFDDF12E0

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Marcus

scientific name

Polycarpa Heller, 1877
status

 

Genus Polycarpa Heller, 1877 View in CoL

Polycarpa argentata ( Sluiter, 1890) View in CoL ( Fig. 128A View FIG )

Styela argentata Sluiter, 1890: 340 View in CoL . Type locality: Indonesia.

Synonymy and distribution: see Polycarpa argentata View in CoL – Monniot F. & Monniot C. 1996: 247, fig. 52, pl. 8H. Polycarpa iwayamae Tokioka, 1970: 97 View in CoL , fig. 8.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Palau. Koror, Ngeteklou Island (Kaibakku Island), tunnel into Marine Lake, 7°19.47’N, 134°29.42’E, 10 m, 1.XI.1995 ( MNHN S1 POL.B 360).

Philippines. Bohol Sea, Balicasag Island SW of Bohol, 9°31.02’N, 123°40.83’E, 15.IV.1997 ( MNHN S1 POL.B 378).

REMARKS

This species ( Fig. 128A View FIG ), present in many parts of the western tropical Pacific and western Australia, is now recorded in the Philippines. It was also collected far from this region at Ibo Island, Mozambique. Tokioka (1970) described Polycarpa iwayamae , which has an external appearance very like that of P. argentata . Its internal anatomy does not present enough distinctive characteristics to justify a different species.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Ascidiacea

Order

Stolidobranchia

Family

Styelidae

Loc

Polycarpa Heller, 1877

Monniot, Françoise & Monniot, Claude 2001
2001
Loc

Styela argentata

SLUITER C. P. 1890: 340
1890
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