Didemnum albopunctatum 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 : 1176-1177

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701359218
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/191287F0-FFD6-FFBC-FE29-FADD9B88CA62
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Didemnum albopunctatum Sluiter, 1909
status

Treatment

Didemnum albopunctatum Sluiter 1909, p 58 (part, specimens from Ambon Anchorage only); Kott 2001, p 148 and synonymy.

Distribution

Previously recorded ( See Kott 2001): Queensland ( Capricorn Group , Swain Reef , Whitsunday Is ); Western Pacific ( Indonesia, Fiji, New Caledonia, Palau Is ). New records: Queensland (Northern Great Barrier Reef: 18.275 ° S, 146.455 ° E, 30 m) GoogleMaps .

Remarks

The thin colony has small zooids and globular spicules (to 0.0275 mm diameter) crowded throughout. Its spicules are a similar size to those of D. jedanese , but are more compact. The pigment usually observed in the test of this species was not detected in the newly recorded specimen.