5.27 Ascidian fauna south of the Sub-Tropical Front

• Main Authors: Primo, C, Vazquez, E
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Scott Polar Research Institute 2014
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Biogeography and Phylogeography; Antarctic; Bouvet; Bouvet Island; Indian; New Zealand; Pacific; Ramos; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Varela; Antarc*; Iceberg*; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://atlas.biodiversity.aq/; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/94381

Ascidians are a group of exclusively marine animals (both colonial and solitary)belonging to Class Ascidiacea (Subphylum Tunicata, Phylum Chordata). Theadults are benthic and sessile, occurring both on hard and soft substrates, fromintertidal to abyssal depths, ranging from tropical to polar seas. I...