Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885

Lambert, Gretchen, Lee, Serina Siew-Chen & Teo, Serena Lay-Ming, 2021, Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop, Zootaxa 4933 (1), pp. 1-38 : 25

Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885

Figure 10D

#3796, single individual about 7 cm in length. White tunic with the typical irregular red patches especially around the siphons. Oral siphon at anterior end, atrial siphon a short distance posterior. All characters agree with detailed description in Lee et al. (2013).

Widely distributed in the tropical west Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Madagastar, Solomon and Marianas Is., Palau, Mozambique, Somalia, Australia, Ponape, Majuro, Guam.

References with detailed descriptions and illustrations: Tokioka (1970), Millar (1975), Kott (1985), Monniot F. & Monniot C. (2001), Lee et al. (2013). Other references: Nishikawa (1984), Millar (1988), Monniot C. & Monniot F. (1991), Lambert (2003), Lee et al. (2016).

Figures

FIGURE 10. A: Polycarpa captiosa dorsal ganglion; B, C: Polycarpa cf. olitoria. B: right side in tunic, 5 cm in length; C: left side removed from tunic showing row of gonads. D: Polycarpa papillata right side, 7 cm in length; E: Styela canopus siphonal scales 15 µm in length; F, G: Symplegma brakenhielmi. F: live colony; G: single preserved zooid from same colony, 3 mm in length.