Phallusia nigra Savigny, 1816

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

Phallusia nigra Savigny, 1816

Material examined.

CAGoM-0062, Pro 1, 4 m, 26-05-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0085, CAGoM-0089, Sey 1, 11 m, 12-06-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0733, Sis, 1 m, 21-03-2018, leg. Bryan Flores;

Photographed record (no specimens in the collection): Tux, 5 m, 21-09-2015.

Remarks.

This species was only recorded on artificial substrates and shallow rocks near the shore.

Global distribution.

United States ( Van Name 1921, 1945; Plough 1978), Bermudas ( Herdman 1882; Verrill 1900; Van Name 1902, 1945; Monniot 1973), Panama ( Collin et al. 2005; Rocha et al. 2005; Bonnet and Rocha 2011a), Curaçao (Millar 1962; Goodbody 1984), Venezuela ( Bermudez and Grimaldi 1975), Guadeloupe ( Monniot 1983a), Martinique ( Monniot 2018a), French Guiana ( Monniot 2016), Brazil ( Van Name 1921, 1945; Millar 1958; Monniot 1970; Rodrigues 1962; Rocha and Costa 2005; Bonnet and Rocha 2011a; Dias et al. 2012), South Africa ( Herdman 1880), Angola ( Millar 1965), Greece ( Kondilatos et al. 2010), Suez Canal ( Harant 1927; Ghobashy and Abdel Messeih 1991), Israel ( Pérès 1958; Shenkar 2012), Red Sea ( Michaelsen 1918; Savigny 1816), Micronesia (unconfirmed - Nishikawa 1984; Lambert 2003).