Styela olitoria Sluiter 1890 , p 341
Polycarpa olitoria Kott 1985 , p 180
Observations on non-didemnid ascidians from Australian waters (1)
Kott, Patricia
Journal of Natural History
2006
2006-04-26
40
3 - 4
169
234
4L38D
(Sluiter, 1890)
Sluiter
1890
[457,871,1081,1105]
Ascidiacea
Styelidae
Polycarpa
Animalia
Stolidobranchia
49
217
Chordata
species
olitoria
Styela olitoria Sluiter 1890, p 341. Polycarpa olitoria Kott 1985, p 180and synonymy.
Distribution Previously recorded (see Kott 1985): Western Australia( Kendrew I., Shark Bay, Cape Jaubert); Victoria (Bass Strait); Queensland (Capricorn Group, Abbot Point, Twonsville, Cleveland Bay, Lloyd Bay, Cape Melville, Murdoch Point); Indonesia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka. New records: Queensland (15.495 °S, 145.385 °E, 25.6 m; 17.445 °S, 146.205 °E, 26 m; 17.605 °S, 146.355 °E, 39 m; 17.655 °S, 146.225 °E, 26.5 m; 18.035 °S, 146.205 °E, 18 m; 18.615 °S, 146.645 °E, 30.5 m).
Description Flabby translucent whitish test covered in shell fragments and adherent and semiembedded sand. Apertures close on anterior surface, often obscured by rough test although the siphons often are naked. Row of eight relatively long polycarps down middle of each side of the body. Tall, rather leaf-like endocarps in gut loop and long, finger-like anal lobes, the usual pointed spines are around and in the siphon linings. Newly preserved material is bright yellow, the colour especially conspicuous on the naked siphons.
Remarks Only a single specimen was taken from each newly recorded location. Kott (1985)reported red-coloured specimens of this species, although relatively freshly preserved newly recorded specimens are bright yellow.
Kendrew I.
Indonesia, Madagascar
Lloyd Bay
26
Western Australia
76
Cleveland Bay
49
217
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