Stomozoa roseola (Millar, 1955)

A. Palomino-Alvarez, Lilian, Moreira Rocha, Rosana & Simoes, Nuno, 2019, Checklist of ascidians (Chordata, Tunicata) from the southern Gulf of Mexico, ZooKeys 832, pp. 1-33 : 1

Stomozoa roseola (Millar, 1955)

Material examined.

CAGoM-0076, Mad 3, 12 m, 27-05-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGOM-69, Chp 1, 5 m, 26-05-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.

Remarks.

Colonies were found on dead coral and between large rocks. The tunic is very firm and dark purple, similar to colonies from the Red Sea and Madagascar.

Global distribution.

United States ( Van Name 1945; Plough 1978); Mexico ( Van Name 1945), French Guiana ( Monniot 2016), Brazil ( Millar 1977), South Africa ( Millar 1955), Madagascar ( Monniot 2012), Red Sea ( Kott 1957), Indonesia ( Monniot and Monniot 1996), and New Caledonia ( Monniot 1988).