Pelagic tunicates in the China Seas Author Franco, P. Author Dahms, H. - U. Author Lo, W. - T. Author Hwang, J. - S. text Journal of Natural History 2017 2017-03-27 51 15 - 16 917 936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1293180 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2017.1293180 1464-5262 5180954 Cyclosalpa floridana Morphology Solitary zooids measure up to 13 mm with interrupted body muscles dorsally. MI to MII are fused dorsally with the intermediate muscle which joins MI laterally. MI to MV fused ventrally into a single mass. MVI is interrupted but MVII is continuous ventrally. Light organs are weakly developed, more or less continuous, between MI and MVI or MII and MVI. Dorsal tubercle is C-shaped. The aggregated zooids measure up to 9.5 mm in length and they have only three body muscles (probably MI and MII are fused). The intermediate muscle joins MI laterally, and MIII and MIV are fused dorsally (authors’ personal observations; Marine Species Identification Portal 2017 ). Biogeography The species is found in sub-tropical waters (WoRMS Editorial Board 2017 ).