Iasis cylindrica

• Main Authors: Franco, P., Dahms, H. - U., Lo, W. - T., Hwang, J. - S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Thaliacea; Salpida; Salpidae; Iasis; Iasis cylindrica; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5190636; https://zenodo.org/record/5190636

Iasis cylindrica Morphology Body elongate and cylindrical and characterised by five body muscles, all of them meeting in the mid-dorsal region. Transverse ribs of gill bar meet dorsally and narrow towards the ventral surface. Solitary zooids measure up to 45 mm length with a soft test. Solitary forms have eight or nine separate muscles extending ventrally. MI to MIV are fused in the mid-dorsal line or converge. Aggregated zooids can measure up to 17 mm in length, and their body is fusiform because of the presence of short anterior and posterior projections (authors’ personal observations; Godeaux et al. 1998). Biogeography Recorded in the North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico (WoRMS Editorial Board 2017). : Published as part of Franco, P., Dahms, H. - U., Lo, W. - T. & Hwang, J. - S., 2017, Pelagic tunicates in the China Seas, pp. 917-936 in Journal of Natural History 51 (15 - 16) on page 931, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1293180, http://zenodo.org/record/5180954 : {"references": ["Godeaux J, Bone Q, Braconnot JC. 1998. Anatomy of Thaliacea. In: Bone Q, editor. The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford: Oxford University Press; p. 2 - 24.", "WoRMS Editorial Board. 2017. World Register of Marine Species [Internet]. Available from: http: // www. marinespecies. org at VLIZ. doi: 10.14284 / 170"]}