Deep-water ascidians (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from the northern and western Pacific Author Sanamyan, K. E. Author Sanamyan, N. P. text Journal of Natural History 2006 2006-05-31 40 5 - 6 307 344 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930600628416 journal article 10.1080/00222930600628416 1464-5262 4669378 Chelyosoma columbianum Huntsman, 1912 Chelyosoma columbianum Huntsman 1912 , p 124 ; Ritter 1913 , p 486; Van Name 1945 , p 208; Sanamyan 1998 , p 110. Material examined St. 6089, 170 m , 25 specimens . Remarks All newly recorded specimens are identical to the one from the Commander Islands ( Sanamyan 1998 ). They all have two central plates connected by short muscles, and 8–11 marginal plates. None of the 25 examined specimens had intermediate plates that Huntsman (1912) recorded for this species. Huntsman (1912) stated that C. columbianum may be readily distinguished from C. productum Stimpson, 1864 by the presence of short muscles connecting the two central plates. Ritter (1913) based his assignation of specimens from the Strait of Juan de Fuca to C. columbianum solely on this feature. However, it is possible that the muscles between the central plates have been overlooked in those specimens assigned to C. productum and it may not differ from C. columbianum . Unfortunately no specimens clearly referable to C. productum (with elongated body and more numerous marginal plates) were available to confirm this view. The present species cannot be confused with the other north Pacific species of Chelyosoma , which either have a single central plate ( C. macleayanum Broderip and Sowerby, 1830 and C. orientale Redikorzev, 1911 ), or lack the plates on the disk ( C. inaequale Redikorzev, 1913 ).