A revision of the Pyura stolonifera species complex (Tunicata, Ascidiacea), with a description of a new species from Australia
Author
Rius, Marc
Author
Teske, Peter R.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2754
27
40
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.207177
1be74a8a-037b-4f57-be1d-15f8b76d27e8
1175-5326
207177
Key to the species of the
Pyura stolonifera
species complex
1. A single row of gonadic lobes forms the right gonad (African species)............................................ 2
- Two rows of gonadic lobes form the right gonad (Australasian species)........................................... 3
2. Pointed papillae on the tunic, especially around the siphons; dorsal tubercle sponge-like....................
P. herdmani
- No papillae on the tunic; dorsal tubercle forms a double spiral cone....................................
P. stolonifera
3. Brown tunic, often enmeshed with sand; dorsal tubercle forms a double spiral cone......................
P. praeputialis
- Tunic yellow and smooth, often with epibionts; dorsal tubercle sponge-like with two bulges...............
P. dalbyi
n. sp.