Sycozoa murrayi ( Herdman, 1886 )

Kott, Patricia, 2006, Observations on non-didemnid ascidians from Australian waters (1), Journal of Natural History 40 (3 - 4), pp. 169-234 : 188

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930600621601

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7225173

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scientific name

Sycozoa murrayi ( Herdman, 1886 )
status

 

Sycozoa murrayi ( Herdman, 1886) View in CoL

Colella murrayi Herdman 1886, p 115 .

Sycozoa murrayi: Kott 1990a, p 146 View in CoL and synonymy.

Distribution

Previously recorded (see Kott 1990a): South Australia (Great Australian Bight, Gulf St Vincent); Tasmania (MidwayPoint,NETasman);NSW(Bermagui). Newrecords: Tasmanian Canyons ( King I. Canyon , 248–249 m; Banks Strait , 168.4 m; Big Horseshoe—west band , 159.6 m; Ling Hole , 163 m; Pieman Canyon , 173.8–176 m; 40.77531 ° E, 144.22719 ° S, 94.6 m) .

Description

The species has relatively firm spatulate to fan-shaped heads on short fleshy stalks which contain the long posterior abdominal stolons characteristic of this genus. Colonies are yellow in deck photographs, however its living colour is not known. The zooids are immature in these specimens which were collected in April.

Remarks

The species previously has been recorded from depths similar to those newly recorded (e.g. Herdman 1886 off Bermagui and in Bass Strait at 200–250 m). The fan-shaped head sometimes observed in the present species resembles that of S. brevicauda Kott, 1990 , although the latter species had a longer, narrower and less fleshy stalk.

Herdman WA. 1886. Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76. Pt. II, Ascidiae compositae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger During the Years 1875 - 1876, Zoology 14: 1 - 425.

Kott P. 1990 a. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29: 1 - 266.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Ascidiacea

Order

Aplousobranchia

Family

Holozoidae

Genus

Sycozoa