Ascidonia quasipusilla ( Chace, 1972 )

Fransen, Charles H. J. M., 2023, The marine palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea, Deapoda, Caridea) of the Dutch Caribbean, Zootaxa 5387 (1), pp. 1-127 : 17-18

Ascidonia quasipusilla ( Chace, 1972)

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Ascidonia quasipusilla — Brinkmann & Fransen 2016: 438, tab. 1 ( Curaçao); Horká et al. 2016: supplementary table S1 ( Curaçao).

Material examined. Curaçao: RMNH. CRUS.D.57050: 1 ovigerous female; stn COA. 01, Hilton Reef , 12°07′18.44″N 68°58′10.23″W, 07.xi.2013, depth 1 m, snorkeling, in solitary ascidian, red-yellow inside, inner surface of sac purple, Pyura torpida (Sluiter, 1898) , collected by C.H.J.M. Fransen (photo COA.01 220–231) .

Ecology. Endosymbiont of solitary ascidians: P. torpida , Pyura spec. (cf. Fransen 2002); Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878 , Herdmania spec. ( Fransen 2006).

Distribution. Known from scattered shallow water localities in the tropical West Atlantic: Antigua ( Chace 1972); Martinique ( Fransen 2002); Guadeloupe ( Fransen 2006); and from Mauritania in the East Atlantic ( Fransen 2002).

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FIGURE 3. Ascidonia quasipusilla (Chace, 1972), stn COA.01, Curaçao, Hilton Reef, 12°07′18.44″N 68°58′10.23″W, 7.xi.2013, depth 1 m, in solitary ascidian, red-yellow inside, inner surface of sac purple, Pyura torpida (Sluiter, 1898). A, in host; B, habitus, dorsal view. (Photographs by C.H.J.M. Fransen.)