Polycarpa papillata Sluiter, 1885

Lambert, Gretchen, Lee, Serina Siew-Chen & Teo, Serena Lay-Ming, 2021, Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop, Zootaxa 4933 (1), pp. 1-38 : 25

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#3796, single individual about 7 cm in length. White tunic with the typical irregular red patches especially around the siphons. Oral siphon at anterior end, atrial siphon a short distance posterior. All characters agree with detailed description in Lee et al. (2013).

Widely distributed in the tropical west Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Madagastar, Solomon and Marianas Is., Palau, Mozambique, Somalia, Australia, Ponape, Majuro, Guam.

References with detailed descriptions and illustrations: Tokioka (1970), Millar (1975), Kott (1985), Monniot F. & Monniot C. (2001), Lee et al. (2013). Other references: Nishikawa (1984), Millar (1988), Monniot C. & Monniot F. (1991), Lambert (2003), Lee et al. (2016).

References

Kott, P. (1985) The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 23, 1 - 440.

Lambert, G. (2003) Marine biodiversity of Guam: the Ascidiacea. Micronesica, 35 - 36, 588 - 597.

Lee, S. S. - C., Teo, S. L. - M. & Lambert, G. (2013) New records of solitary ascidians on artificial structures in Singapore waters. Marine Biodiversity Records, 6, 1 - 18. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1755267213000638

Lee, S. S. - C., Chan, J. Y-H., Teo, S. L. - M. & Lambert, G. (2016) State of knowledge of ascidian diversity in South China Sea and new records for Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 34, 718 - 743.

Millar, R. H. (1975) Ascidians from the Indo-West-Pacific region in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). Steenstrupia, 3, 205 - 336.

Millar, R. H. (1988) Ascidians collected during the International Indian Ocean Expedition. Journal of Natural History, 22, 823 - 848. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938800770541

Nishikawa, T. (1984) Ascidians from the Truk Islands, Ponape Island and Majuro Atoll (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 27, 107 - 140.

Sluiter, C. P. (1885) Uber einige einfache Ascidien von der Insel Billiton. Natuurvetenschappelijk Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie, 45, 160 - 232.

Tokioka, T. (1970) Ascidians from Mindoro Islands, the Philippines. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 18, 75 - 107. https: // doi. org / 10.5134 / 175626

Figures

FIGURE 10. A: Polycarpa captiosa dorsal ganglion; B, C: Polycarpa cf. olitoria. B: right side in tunic, 5 cm in length; C: left side removed from tunic showing row of gonads. D: Polycarpa papillata right side, 7 cm in length; E: Styela canopus siphonal scales 15 µm in length; F, G: Symplegma brakenhielmi. F: live colony; G: single preserved zooid from same colony, 3 mm in length.