Symplegma rubra Monniot 1972
| Main Author: | Monniot, Françoise |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2012
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4893819 |
Daftar Isi:
- Symplegma rubra Monniot, 1972 (Figure 28 B) Symplegma rubra Monniot C, 1972: 622 figs 2 E–F, 3, Bermuda. Monniot F. & Monniot C. 1997 (1999): 26 fig. 15 pl. 3 B–C and synonymy, western Atlantic, Tanzania, Mozambique. Monniot C. 2002: 68, Mozambique. Kott 2004: 72 figs 25 G–H, Timor Sea. Rocha & Costa 2005: 61 Brazil. Stations. TA 22 (MNHN S 1 SYM 87). TA 34 (MNHN S 1 SYM 88). TA 60 (MNHN S 1 SYM 89). The colonies incrust diverse substrates: stones, shells, sponges. The colour is cream and a red ring circles the siphons a characteristic of the species (Fig. 28 B). The zooids are easily extracted from the tunic. The branchial sac has 10 to 11 rows of stigmata. The stomach has a coma-like caecum. The male and female gonads are not simultaneously developed. S. rubra is very common worldwide in tropical waters; its colour in life is characteristic but disappears after fixation.
- Published as part of Monniot, Françoise, 2012, Some ascidians from the southern coast of Madagascar collected during the " AtimoVatae " survey, pp. 1-42 in Zootaxa 3197 on page 35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.246182