New syntheses and new species in the Australian Ascidiacea
Author
KOTT, PATRICIA
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Journal of Natural History
2003
2010-12-03
37
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222930110104258
journal article
10.1080/00222930110104258
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Pycnoclavella tabella
Kott, 1990
Pycnoclavella tabella
Kott, 1990a: 77
and synonymy.
Distribution
. New records:
Victoria
(Portsea Pier, SAM E2846). The newly recorded material is from the
type
locality. The species is known also from Spencer
Gulf
.
Description
. Zooids have brown pigment in a crescent crossing the dorsal midline ventral to the branchial siphon and in patches, one dorsal and one ventral to the atrial siphon.
Remarks
. The brown pigment in the zooid body wall is in addition to the brown spheres in the abdominal test (see Kott, 1990a).