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Symplegma rubra Monniot 1972

Description

Symplegma rubra Monniot, 1972

(Figure 28 B)

Symplegma rubra Monniot C, 1972: 622 figs 2E–F,3, Bermuda. Monniot F. & Monniot C. 1997 (1999): 26 fig. 15 pl.3B–C and synonymy, western Atlantic, Tanzania, Mozambique. Monniot C. 2002: 68, Mozambique. Kott 2004: 72 figs 25G–H, Timor Sea. Rocha & Costa 2005: 61 Brazil.

Stations. TA 22 (MNHN S1 SYM 87). TA 34 (MNHN S1 SYM 88). TA 60 (MNHN S1 SYM 89).

The colonies incrust diverse substrates: stones, shells, sponges. The colour is cream and a red ring circles the siphons a characteristic of the species (Fig. 28 B). The zooids are easily extracted from the tunic. The branchial sac has 10 to 11 rows of stigmata. The stomach has a coma-like caecum. The male and female gonads are not simultaneously developed.

S. rubra is very common worldwide in tropical waters; its colour in life is characteristic but disappears after fixation.

Notes

Published as part of Monniot, Françoise, 2012, Some ascidians from the southern coast of Madagascar collected during the " AtimoVatae " survey, pp. 1-42 in Zootaxa 3197 on page 35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.246182

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Styelidae
Genus
Symplegma
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Pleurogona
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Monniot
Species
rubra
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Symplegma rubra Monniot, 1972 sec. Monniot, 2012

References

  • Monniot, C. (1972) Ascidies stolidobranches des Bermudes. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (3) 57 Zoologie, 43, 613 - 643.
  • Monniot, C. (2002) Stolidobranch ascidians from the tropical western Indian Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 135, 65 - 120.
  • Kott, P. (2004) Ascidiacea (Tunicata) in australian waters of the Timor and Arafura seas. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 20, 37 - 81.
  • Rocha, R. M. & Costa, L. V. G. (2005) Ascidians (Urochordata: Ascidiacea) from Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Iheringia ser. Zool. Porto Alegre 95 (1), 57 - 64.