Didemnum duplicatum Monniot, 1983

A. Palomino-Alvarez, Lilian, Moreira Rocha, Rosana & Simoes, Nuno, 2019, Checklist of ascidians (Chordata, Tunicata) from the southern Gulf of Mexico, ZooKeys 832, pp. 1-33 : 1

Didemnum duplicatum Monniot, 1983

Material examined.

CAGoM-050, CAGoM-0475, Pro 1, 13 m, 26-05-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0080, Sey 3, 8 m, 12-06-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0108, Mad 4, 11 m, 17-06-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0126, CAGoM-0133, B10, 7 m, 17-06-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0186, Arc 6, 8 m, 30-10-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.

Remarks.

Colonies were found only near shore (harbors) and on artificial reefs. Recent molecular unpublished data (RMR) suggests that this might by a complex of three species.

Global distribution.

United States ( Lambert et al. 2005), Jamaica ( Goodbody 2003), Guadeloupe ( Monniot 1983a), Belize ( Goodbody 2000), Curaçao (Goodbody 1984), Venezuela (Goodbody 1984; Rocha et al. 2010), Tobago ( Cole 2012), French Guiana ( Monniot 2016).