Amphicarpa inhacae, (MILLAR, 1956)

Monniot, Claude, 2002, Stolidobranch ascidians from the tropical western Indian Ocean, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 135 (1), pp. 65-120 : 73

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00017.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5490256
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/436F3F3C-FFD8-FFA6-FF03-FAF4FCBE1AE2
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Amphicarpa inhacae
status

Treatment

AMPHICARPA INHACAE ( MILLAR, 1956) View in CoL

Polyandrocarpa inhacae Millar, 1956: 927 View in CoL , fig. 14 – Mozambique, Inhaca.

Amphicarpa inhacae: Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1999: 27 View in CoL , fig. 16, pl. 3D – Mozambique and Tanzania, and synonymy.

Material

Mozambique: Ibo Island; coll. C. Monniot, 1995.

Remarks

This species is covered with sand that coats a purple tunic. The zooids reach 1 cm and more when relaxed. They are united by stolons which are also covered with sediment. This species inhabits the undersides of dead corals, and also lives under Agaricia species and often on Polycarpa species on the external slope of coral reefs.