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
Diazona angulata
Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
Diazona angulata
Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996: 217
, fig. 39A-D, pl. 7B.
Type
locality:
Philippines
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED
. —
Philippines
.
Cebu
, E Mactan Island, cave,
10°15.62’N
,
123°59.11’E
,
30 m
,
13.IV.1997
(
MNHN
P1
DIA
34). — SW
Bohol
, Panglao Island, overhang,
9°37.14’N
,
123°46.48’E
,
23 m
,
21.IV.1997
(
MNHN
P1
DIA
33). —
Bohol
Sea, Balicasag Island SW of
Bohol
,
9°31.02’N
,
123°40.83’E
,
15.IV.1997
(
MNHN
P1
DIA
36). —
Cebu
, E Mactan Island, overhang,
10°15.62’N
,
123°59.11’E
,
10 m
,
14.IV.1997
(
MNHN
P1
DIA
37).
DESCRIPTION
By its internal morphology this species is very close to
D. chinensis
. It is characterised by a hard tunic and zooids partly protruding at the colony surface. The oesophago-rectal peduncle is longer than in
D. chinensis
.