Ecteinascidia maxima Kott, 1985

Kott, Patricia, 2006, Observations on non-didemnid ascidians from Australian waters (1), Journal of Natural History 40 (3 - 4), pp. 169-234 : 212

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930600621601
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7223034
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scientific name	Ecteinascidia maxima Kott, 1985
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Ecteinascidia maxima Kott, 1985 View in CoL

Ecteinascidia maxima Kott, 1985, p 93 View in CoL .

Distribution

Previously recorded (see Kott 1985): Lord Howe I. New record: Queensland (Noosa Heads, 8–10 m, QM G308786 ) .

Remarks

The newly recorded colony from the mid-eastern coast of Australia is the only one outside the type locality. The specimens are similar to the type material. Zooids are robust, with large blotches of red colour around the anterior part of the zooid, including bands of colour around the base of each protruding siphon, relatively long siphons, about 15–20 rows of stigmata and an almost continuous coat of transverse muscles on each side of the body .