Ascidians from the tropical western Pacific Author Monniot, Françoise Author Monniot, Claude UPESA 8044, Laboratoire de Biologie des Invertébrés marins et Malacologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris (France) monniot @ mnhn. fr. monniot@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2001 23 2 201 383 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5391440 1638-9387 5391440 Ciona hoshinoi Monniot C., 1991 Ciona hoshinoi Monniot C., 1991a: 492 , fig. 1. Type locality: New Caledonia . MATERIAL EXAMINED . — Palau . Koror , West Uchelbeluu Reef, 7°15.96’N , 134°31.28’E , 90 m , 12. V .1997 (Sample: CRRF ). REMARKS This species was only known from a single specimen from New Caledonia . The new specimen, 1.5 cm long, is extremely contracted. All characters correspond well to the original description. Family PEROPHORIDAE Giard, 1872