Fritillaria formica subsp. digitata Lohmann

• Main Authors: Karunarathne, Krishan D., Croos, M. D. S. T. De
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Plantae; Tracheophyta; Liliopsida; Liliales; Liliaceae; Fritillaria; Fritillaria formica; Fritillaria formica digitata lohmann; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pacific; Indian; Antarctic Ocean; Aravena; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5699632; https://zenodo.org/record/5699632

Fritillaria formica digitata Lohmann, in Lohmann & Bückmann, 1926 Fritillaria formica var. Langerhans Lohmann 1896: 28. Fritillaria formica f. digitata : Lohmann & Bückmann 1926: 167. Fritillaria (Acrocercus) formica f. digitata : Tokioka 1960: 355. Fritillaria formica digitata : Fenaux 1993: 63, 70, 83; 1998: 303, 304. Aravena & Palma 2002: 320, Fig. 10A. Material examined. Eleven specimens (MDAFWU 2020 /373–383), St .205, January 2020. Description. Trunk 1–2 mm long and strongly bent upwards in the digestive nucleus region. Mouth with upper and lower lips; the median lobe of the upper lip short and provided anteriorly with two finger-shaped bulges. Spiracles are small and circular. The ciliated spiraclular rings do not contact the mid-ventral line. Axis of the alimentary tract longitudinal. The posterior margin of the oikoplastic layer is extended to the stomach. Testis is more or less conical with circular angles in mature specimens. The distal extremity of the tail acuminate. Global distribution. The Antarctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea (Fenaux et al. 1998). Type locality: Madeira, NE Atlantic Ocean. : Published as part of Karunarathne, Krishan D. & Croos, M. D. S. T. De, 2021, Pelagic tunicates (Appendicularia and Thaliacea) of Sri Lanka: two first records with an annotated checklist, pp. 352-376 in Zootaxa 5067 (3) on page 356, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5681899 : {"references": ["Lohmann, H. & Buckmann, A. D. (1926) Die Appendicularien der Deutschen Sudpolar-Expedition 1901 bis 1903. Ergebnisse Deutschen Sudpolar-Expedition, 18, 63 - 231.", "Lohmann, H. (1896) Die Appendicularien der Plankton Expedition. Ergebnisse Plankton-Expedition Humboldt-Stiftung, 2, 1 - 148.", "Tokioka, T. (1960) Studies on the distribution of appendicularians and some thaliaceans of the North Pacific, with some morphological notes. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 8 (2), 351 - 443. https: // doi. org / 10.5134 / 174644", "Fenaux, R. (1993) The classification of the Appendicularia (Tunicata): History and current state. Memoires de l'Institut Oceanographique 17. l'Institut Oceanographique, Monaco, 123 pp.", "Aravena, G. & Palma, S. (2002) Taxonomic identification of appendicularians collected in the epipelagic waters off northern Chile (Tunicata, Appendicularia). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 75 (2), 307 - 325. https: // doi. org / 10.4067 / S 0716 - 078 X 2002000200005", "Fenaux, R., Bone, Q. & Deibel, D. (1998) Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography, In: Bone, Q. (Ed.), The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 251 - 264."]}