A re-evaluation of morphological characters of the invasive ascidian Corella eumyota reveals two different species at the tip of South America and in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Alurralde, Roque Gastón, Torre, Luciana, Schwindt, Evangelina, Castilla, Juan C., Tatian, Marcos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Ascidia; Corella Eumyota; Corella Antarctica; Morphologu; Multivariated Analyzes; Antarctica; South America; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Argentina; Marcos; Torre; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/7609

The native solitary ascidian Corella eumyota Traustedt, 1882) is commonly found in the Southern Hemisphere in the cold-temperate waters of the Subantarctic and Antarctic regions. Its recent spread into the Northern Hemisphere throughout the NE Atlantic gave the species the status of invasive. Togeth...