Didemnum fragile Sluiter, 1909

Kott, Patricia, 2007, New and little-known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (part 4), Journal of Natural History 41 (17 - 20), pp. 1163-1211 : 1179

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701359218
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/191287F0-FFC9-FFA2-FE63-FD169AB5CF25
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Didemnum fragile Sluiter, 1909
status

Treatment

Didemnum fragile Sluiter 1909, p 56 ; Kott 2005a, p 2441 and synonymy.

Distribution

Previously recorded (see Kott 2001, 2005a): Western Australia (The Kimberley); Queensland (Great Barrier Reef); Northern Territory (Bynoe Harbour); Western Pacific ( Indonesia, Palau Is, Fiji). New record: Queensland (Northern Great Barrier Reef: 17.855 ° S, 146.585 ° E, 43.4 m, QM G308856).

Remarks

The specimen is as previously described with small (to 0.04 mm diameter) burr-like spicules with rod-like rays.