Rostronia stylirostris ( Holthuis, 1952 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5392396 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468653 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/383087B3-FF90-FFB1-B0DC-FEE630061195 |
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Marcus |
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Rostronia stylirostris ( Holthuis, 1952 ) |
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Rostronia stylirostris ( Holthuis, 1952) View in CoL
Pontonia stylirostris Holthuis, 1952: 169 View in CoL , figs 82-84 (type locality: between Pulau Misool and New Guinea, 1°42.5’S, 130°47.5’W, 32 m).
Rostronia stylirostris View in CoL – Fransen 2002: 260-270, figs 171- 177.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Moçambique. Ibo Island, in lagoon, in Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 , 11.XI.1995, 1 ovigerous ♀ pocl. 3.1 mm (MNHN-Na 15220).
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Rostrum with two distal dorsal teeth. Fingers of minor chelae with 10 small teeth in proximal third of cutting edge.
The species has been recorded from the Red Sea, Oman and, Tanganyika, Australia, Misool, Indonesia, and New Guinea. This is the first record of the species for Moçambique.
Except for the reference to a “black ascidian” for the specimen from the Red Sea ( Fransen 2002: 270) no hosts are known. Ascidia sydneiensis constitutes a new host record.
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Rostronia stylirostris ( Holthuis, 1952 )
| Fransen, Charles H. J. M. 2006 |
Rostronia stylirostris
| FRANSEN C. H. J. M. 2002: 260 |
Pontonia stylirostris
| HOLTHUIS L. B. 1952: 169 |