Perophora multiclathrata ( Sluiter, 1904 )

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 : 17

Perophora multiclathrata ( Sluiter, 1904) NEW RECORD

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#2604, small colony, only a few zooids, with clear tunic, on coralline alga. Five rows of stigmata. Very weak musculature as in Kott (1985) and Monniot C. (1997b).

Wide distribution in tropical Pacific: Indonesia, Gilbert & Solomon Is., Australia, Palau, Wake, Truk, Ponape, Japan, Fiji, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Guam. Considered introduced in Caribbean and Brazil.

Detailed descriptions with illustrations: Kott (1985), Monniot C. (1997b), Goodbody (1994), Monniot F. (2009b). Other references: Monniot C. (1983a as P. formosana (Oka, 1931), 1987a ), Kott (1981 as P. formosana ), Nishikawa (1984, 1986, 1991), Monniot C. & Monniot F. (1987), Lambert (2003), Rocha & Kremer (2005), Rocha et al. (2005).

Figures

FIGURE 6. A: Rhodosoma turcicum 3 cm in length; B–D: Ecteinascidia nexa zooid 3 mm in length. B: living zooid; C, D same zooid preserved. C: right side; D: left side. E: Ecteinascidia thurstoni, two zooids 6 mm in length; F: Perophora modificata, scale bar 4 mm; G: Perophora multiclathrata 3 mm in diameter.