New syntheses and new species in the Australian Ascidiacea
Author
KOTT, PATRICIA
text
Journal of Natural History
2003
2010-12-03
37
13
1611
1653
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222930110104258
journal article
10.1080/00222930110104258
1464-5262
5260089
Polycarpa procera
(Sluiter, 1885)
Styela procera
Sluiter, 1885: 196
.
Polycarpa procera:
Kott, 1985: 196
and synonymy.
Distribution
. New records:
Queensland
(Moreton
Bay
, QM G308546). The known range of the species (previously recorded from Maroochydore and Hervey
Bay
) is extended south to Moreton
Bay
.
Remarks
. Aggregates of individuals were taken at
5 m
on the sides of a rocky reef at Moreton I. They are fixed to each other by short, narrow stolons at the posterior ends of the long narrow bodies and sometimes by connectives along the sides and sometimes by both. There is no direct evidence of replication, although the test of adjacent individuals is continuous through the connectives. They are not merely adhering to one other.