Euherdmania aff. vitrea Millar, 1961

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

Euherdmania aff. vitrea Millar, 1961 Fig. 4N

Material examined.

CAGoM-00104, Mad 4, 11 m, 17-06-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-00120, B10, 10 m, 17-06-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.

Remarks.

Morphological patterns of colony shape, zooids completely embedded in the tunic, conspicuous musculature throughout the body, number of siphon lobes, number of stigmatal rows, and the testis position correspond with E. vitrea by Millar (1961), but the absence of the developed gonads and larvae prevent confirmation of this species. Also, the tunic is dark red colored while all colonies collected in Brazil are uncolored.

Global distribution.

Southern Gulf of Mexico (present study), Brazil ( Millar 1961; Rocha et al. 2005).