Didemnum psammathodes Sluiter 1895

Didemnum psammathodes (Sluiter, 1895) Figure 4 C. Station. SD 15. This brownish didemnid in thin colonies full of fecal pellets can settle on any kind of subtrate in all warm seas of the world. The small spicules are rare in the tunic and often limited to the area around the oral siphons. The small...

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Main Author: Monniot, Françoise
Format: Text
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Published: Zenodo 2016
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Ascidiacea
Enterogona
Didemnidae
Didemnum
Didemnum psammathodes
Françoise
Antarc*
Antarctique*
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068878
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Summary:Didemnum psammathodes (Sluiter, 1895) Figure 4 C. Station. SD 15. This brownish didemnid in thin colonies full of fecal pellets can settle on any kind of subtrate in all warm seas of the world. The small spicules are rare in the tunic and often limited to the area around the oral siphons. The small larvae 0.45mm (Fig. 4 C) have 3 adhesive papillae and 4 pairs of ampullae as figured in Monniot F. (1983, fig 13, pl. 2 B–E). Often recorded in harbours, this easily identified species is invasive. : Published as part of Monniot, Françoise, 2016, Ascidians (Tunicata) of the French Guiana Expedition, pp. 201-245 in Zootaxa 4114 (3) on page 207, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257053 : {"references": ["Monniot, C. & Monniot, F. (1983) Ascidies antarctiques et subantarctiques: morphologie et biogeographie. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Series A, Zoologie, 125, 5 - 168."]}

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