Polycarpa aurita ( Sluiter, 1890 )

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 : 22

Polycarpa aurita ( Sluiter, 1890)

Figure 9D

#4653, two small specimens, larger one 3.6 cm in height to tip of oral siphon. Tunic off-white to light tan, irregularly furrowed and lumpy, covered with sediment and epibionts. Narrow red line around rim of both siphons, black stripes on outside of siphons and white striping on the inside. Oral siphon at anterior end, atrial siphon posterior, about one third of the body length. Thick branchial trabeculae strongly anchor the branchial sac to the body wall.

Distribution: China, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Japan, New Caledonia, Truk, Australia, Arabia, Guam, Hawaii, Belize (introduced).

References with detailed descriptions and illustrations: Kott (1985), Monniot C. (1987b), Nishikawa (1991), Abbott et al. (1997), Lee et al. (2013). Other references: Nishikawa (1984), Kott (1990), Lambert (2003), Rocha et al. (2012), Lee et al. (2016).

Figures

FIGURE 9. A–C: Polyandrocarpa rollandi. A: right side body, 3 cm in length, removed from tunic; B: same specimen, left side body; C: lobed anus. D: Polycarpa aurita 3.6 cm in height, left side; E, F: Polycarpa captiosa right side. E: in tunic, 6 cm in length; F: removed from tunic.