Checklist of ascidians (Chordata, Tunicata) from the southern Gulf of Mexico
Author
A. Palomino-Alvarez, Lilian
Author
Moreira Rocha, Rosana
Author
Simoes, Nuno
text
ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.832.31712
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.832.31712
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Polycarpa cartilaginea (Sluiter, 1898)
Fig. 4O
Material examined.
CAGoM-0010, Arn 1, 12 m, 19-03- 2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0176, Arc 1, 4 m, 19-03- 2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0364, CAGoM-0365, Arc 11, 7 m, 20-08- 2016, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0386, CAGoM-00468, Arc 4, 6 m, 22-08-2016, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0408, CAGoM-412, CAGoM-0420, CAGoM-0421, Arc 12, 6 m, 24-08- 2016, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0426, CAGoM-0479, Arc 7, 9 m, 25-08-2016, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0437, Acr 10, 12 m, 26-08- 2016, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.
Remarks.
All the specimens from Arcas Cay Reef were found under large rocks with other species of ascidians (
Ascidia panamensis
,
Corella minuta
and
Ecteinascidia styeloides
).
Global distribution.
Belize (
Goodbody 2000
), Panama (
Collin et al. 2005
;
Rocha et al. 2005
),
Curacao
(Millar 1962;
Van der Sloot 1969
; Goodbody 1984), Colombia (
Sluiter 1898
), Guadeloupe (Monniot 1983), Martinique (
Monniot 2018b
).