Didemnum granulatum Tokioka, 1954

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

Didemnum granulatum Tokioka, 1954

Material examined.

CAGoM-0075, Mad 3, 7 m, 27-05-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0153, Lar 2, 10 m, 07-10-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.

Remarks.

With a global distribution, D. granulatum is known to rapidly colonize artificial substrates ( Oren and Benayahu 1998), so it may be widely introduced, but its origin is unknown. In the southern Gulf of Mexico colonies were found on corals, rocks and algae near shore.

Global distribution.

Panama ( Rocha et al. 2005), French Guiana ( Monniot 2016), Brazil ( Dias et al. 2012; Paiva et al. 2015), Senegal ( Monniot and Monniot 1994), South Africa (Monniot et al. 2001), Red Sea ( Shenkar 2012), Hong Kong ( Kott and Goodbody 1982), Philippines ( Monniot and Monniot 2001), Papua New Guinea ( Monniot and Monniot 2001), Japan ( Tokioka 1954), Australia ( Kott 2001), New Caledonia ( Monniot 1995), French Polynesia ( Monniot and Monniot 1987a), and Fiji ( Kott 1981).