Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.3.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:855A00F4-2E4B-4D0C-A458-B8111BFB7762 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5665672 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9152C60F-FF96-6670-9980-8103FDF26DF6 |
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Plazi |
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Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 |
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Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855
Material examined: DZUP ASC 120 – 2 ind.; STRI dock, Panama City; 1.0 m, inside bricks; 07/xii/2008; col. R.M. Rocha; DZUP ASC 122 – 4 ind.; 0.5 m, inside bricks; 04/i/2009; col. R.M. Rocha. DZUP ASC 119 – 2 ind.; Marina Flamenco , Panama City; 1.0 m, inside bricks; 06/xii/2008; col. R.M. Rocha; DZUP ASC 121 – 1 ind.; 04/i/ 2009; col. R.M. Rocha.
Tunic forms longitudinal ridges along the siphons; siphons are lobed with indented margins; body musculature on the right side is formed by short fibers perpendicular to the margin of the body; dorsal tubercle is meandering; rectum as a sac-like pouch; anus is multilobed; and the ovary is ramified.
Remarks. The characteristics observed in the present specimens are similar to specimens from the Atlantic coast of Panama (Bonnet & Rocha 2011).
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