New records of aplousobranch ascidians from Central Chile Author Sanamyan, Karen Author Schories, Dirk Author Sanamyan, Nadya text Zootaxa 2010 2537 58 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.196669 70c7165d-3004-4826-a296-710cd0673bb8 1175-5326 196669 Aplidium falklandicum Millar, 1960 ( Figures 2A , 5A,B ) Aplidium falklandicum Millar, 1960 : 33 ; 1970: 100; Monniot & Monniot, 1983 : 15 (synonymy). Material examined: Chile , 4. region: Punta de Choros, Rhodymenia, 10m , two colonies; La gruta, 25m , one colony. Remarks. Examined specimens have solid oval colonies with a rather small area of attachment. Zooids are in small circular or oval systems ( Figure 5A ). The test is soft, gelatinous, transparent and colourless; the living specimens are whitish or colourless. Thread-like zooids are up to 10 mm long. Stomach wall has five longitudinal folds. According to Millar (1960) the number of rows of stigmata may vary from 12 to 23, a much wider range than occur in most Aplidium species. In the present specimens zooids have 12–14 rows of stigmata. Monniot & Monniot (1983) reported that the number of rows of stigmata is variable but rarely attain 16. Unusual white "thoracic triangles" described for this species by Millar (1960: 35) were not found in the present material. Other features of zooid agree well with the original description, and larva ( Figure 2A ) is identical to those illustrated by Millar (1960) .