Fig. 6 in Bruggmanniella sanlianensis Lin, Yang & Tokuda, 2020, sp. nov.
Author
Hirose, Euichi
Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903 - 0213, Japan. * Correspondence: E-mail: euichi @ sci. u-ryukyu. ac. jp (Hirose)
euichi@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Author
Nozawa, Yoko
Biodiversity Research Center, No. 128, Academia Road Sec. 2, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan. E-mail: nozaway @ gate. sinica. edu. tw (Nozawa)
nozaway@gate.sinica.edu.tw
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Zoological Studies
2020
2020-06-15
59
19
1
11
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12822057
journal article
10.6620/ZS.2020.59-19
1810-522X
PMC7688397
33262843
12822130
Lissoclinum punctatum
Kott, 1977
Specimens: NMNS-8141-012 (Gongzibi), -013 (Jialeshuei).
Colonies were irregularly shaped, fragile sheets (
Fig. 3F
). They were entirely green due to
Prochloron
cells in the common cloacal cavity and tunic. Most the
Prochloron
cells in the tunic were located in the tunic cells,
i.e.
, tunic phycocytes (
Hirose et al. 1996
) (
Fig. 3G
). Intracellular distribution of the cyanobacterial cells is unique to
L. punctatum
, and photosymbionts are not associated with any tunic cells in the other host ascidians harboring cyanobacteria in the tunic (reviewed in
Hirose 2015
). Tunic spicules were globular and densely aggregated around each zooid (
Fig. 3H
). This is a new record of
L. punctatum
from
Taiwan
.