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 832 1 33 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.832.31712 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.832.31712 1313-2970-832-1 961F1299F1A3432794B315609F6F5A65 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 ).