Symplegma rubra, MONNIOT C., 1972

Monniot, Claude, 2002, Stolidobranch ascidians from the tropical western Indian Ocean, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 135 (1), pp. 65-120 : 68

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00017.x

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/436F3F3C-FFD3-FFAD-FC61-FBD4FB4D1C8A

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Symplegma rubra
status

 

SYMPLEGMA RUBRA MONNIOT C., 1972 View in CoL

Symplegma rubra Monniot C., 1972: 622 , figs 2E,F, 3 – Bermuda; Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1999: 26, fig. 15 pl. 3B,C – Tanzania & Mozambique, 2001: 315, fig. 87, 127B,C – Micronesia and Palau.

Material

Mozambique, Ibo Island, sea grass bed and subtidal cliff in the south of Matemo Island, coll. C. Monniot, 1995.

Remarks

This cosmopolitan species, either pink (type specimen) or ochre, has a characteristic feature: a red ring encircling both siphons. It is mostly abundant on large leaves of marine phanerogams.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Ascidiacea

Order

Stolidobranchia

Family

Styelidae

Genus

Symplegma

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