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
1313-2970-832-1
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Polysyncraton amethysteum Van Name, 1902
Fig. 3K
Material examined.
CAGoM-0158, Lar 2, 9 m, 07-10-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0118, B10, 9 m, 17-06-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.
Remarks.
Colony found on corals and rocks. Orange zooids when alive and in preservation.
Global distribution.
United States (
Van Name 1921
), Bermuda (
Van Name 1902
,
1921
,
1945
), Puerto Rico (
Van Name 1945
), Guadeloupe (
Gravier 1955
), Martinique (
Gravier 1955
); Colombia (
Van Name 1945
), French Guiana (
Monniot 2016
), Brazil (
Millar 1958
,
1977
;
Rodrigues and Rocha 1993
;
Rocha et al. 2005
;
Rocha and Kremer 2005
), Cape Verde (
Monniot and Monniot 1967
), Senegal (
Peres
1948,
1949
), Ghana (
Millar 1953
), Tunisia (
Peres
1954).