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<emphasis id="C98FB861FB08FF88FFB9FB196602FB41" box="[125,308,1241,1265]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2466">Clitella nutricula</emphasis>
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(Sir Joseph Banks Group,
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<emphasis id="C98FB861FB08FF88FFB9FA0B67C3FA53" box="[125,245,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2466">Description</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="FB446473FB08FF89FFB9FA3C64C4FF71" blockId="58.[125,1172,1532,1685]" lastBlockId="59.[138,1185,137,777]" lastPageId="59" lastPageNumber="2467" pageId="58" pageNumber="2466">The thick, gelatinous, firm but not tough encrusting colony has brownish, translucent test through which zooids can be seen in circles or in long rows along each side of long relatively shallow thoracic common cloacal canals. The zooids are surrounded by spherical bladder cells which are crowded throughout the test and create its firm yet soft and slippery consistency. Minute spherical pigment cells are crowded around the zooids in the interstices of the bladder cells. Spicules were not detected in the newly recorded specimen, although there are small clusters of white granular material in the siphons.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FB446473FB09FF89FF61FF0A6379FCB9" blockId="59.[138,1185,137,777]" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Zooids are robust with wide dorsal pharyngeal muscles, numerous longitudinal muscles in the pallial thoracic wall, conspicuous transverse muscles in the interstigmatal bars and a strong retractor muscle which, in these contracted zooids, is short, thick and pointed. Four rows of up to 14 stigmata are in the branchial sac. The gut loop is long and also is robust. Oesophageal buds are forming from the long oesophageal neck. The stomach is large and almost spherical and there is a wide duodenal region. An oval posterior stomach narrows at each end, proximally where it joins the wide duodenum and distally where it enters the proximal part of the rectum (or mid-intestine), which is separated from the distal part by a distinct rectal valve. The distal part of the rectum (or true rectum) is a translucent brownish colour and has a cuticle-like consistency that is different from the remainder of the gut. A large teardrop-shaped vesicle is in the loop of the gut, fitting snugly in the space between the stomach and the gut just distal to the rectal valve, and sometimes it curves over the gut. An opening into the tapered side of this vesicle from the stomach was not detected, although it possibly does exist; and branches or tubules from the vesicle were not detected surrounding this part of the gut. Nevertheless, it is possible that it is a reservoir of the gastro-intestinal (pyloric) gland. Gonads are in the gut loop. The large spherical testis is undivided and the thick vas deferens issues from its postero-lateral aspect and extends anteriorly in a straight line over its outer surface. Yellow eggs are in the basal test.</paragraph>
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In most genera of the
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the gut is divided into oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, posterior stomach, and rectum. In
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<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FDE8FC5365F4FC1B" box="[556,706,915,939]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Polysyncraton</emphasis>
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,
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, and the present genus, the proximal part of the rectum appears to be differentiated into a distinct additional chamber or mid-intestine which, in
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and the present genus, is separated from the distal part of the rectum by a conspicuous rectal valve. This rectal valve is in a similar position to the circle of tubules of the gastro-intestinal gland in other genera (see
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<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FC79FBD56365FB9D" box="[957,1107,1045,1069]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Polysyncraton</emphasis>
:
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). The robust zooids, their strong thoracic musculature (unlike the relatively delicate retractor and pharyngeal muscles in
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<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FDEAFB95659BFBDD" box="[558,685,1109,1133]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Lissoclinum</emphasis>
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) and the conspicuous differentiation of the gut, the unique larval adhesive apparatus (see
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), and the turgid thick gelatinous test filled with large bladder cells distinguish this genus from
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<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FC8BFB5664F8FB1E" box="[847,974,1174,1198]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Lissoclinum</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FC19FB566345FB1E" box="[989,1139,1174,1198]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Polysyncraton</emphasis>
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has numerous male follicles and a narrow tubular distal part of the rectum (rather than a firm capacious chamber) that distinguish it from the present genus. The large thorax of the present genus resembles that of some
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spp.
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such as
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and
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but the genera are distinguished by the strong muscles, conspicuous rectal valve, large rectal chamber, and unique larval adhesive equipment (see
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).
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Although the pyloric (or gastro-intestinal) gland occurs throughout the
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(see
<bibRefCitation id="9F6A1982FB09FF89FF4EFABA6678FA22" author="Goodbody IM" box="[138,334,1402,1426]" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" pagination="1 - 149" refId="ref27655" refString="Goodbody IM. 1974. The physiology of ascidians. Advances in Marine Biology 12: 1 - 149." type="journal article" year="1974">Goodbody 1974</bibRefCitation>
), a vesicle similar to the one detected in the present genus was formerly known only in several genera (
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<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FDC0FA5A6551FA02" box="[516,615,1434,1458]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Distaplia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB09FF89FDB8FA5A65C9FA02" authorityName="Brewin" authorityYear="1953" box="[636,767,1434,1458]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Holozoidae" genus="Hypsistozoa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FDB8FA5A65C9FA02" box="[636,767,1434,1458]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Hypsistozoa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB09FF89FCD7FA5A64A4FA02" authorityName="Kott" authorityYear="1990" box="[787,914,1434,1458]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Holozoidae" genus="Neodistoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FCD7FA5A64A4FA02" box="[787,914,1434,1458]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Neodistoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and a few species in
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB09FF89FF4EFA7B67D2FA63" authorityName="Lesson" authorityYear="1832" box="[138,228,1467,1491]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Holozoidae" genus="Sycozoa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FF4EFA7B67D2FA63" box="[138,228,1467,1491]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Sycozoa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: see
<bibRefCitation id="9F6A1982FB09FF89FEDAFA7B6692FA63" author="Kott P" box="[286,420,1467,1491]" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" pagination="1 - 266" refId="ref28312" refString="Kott P. 1990 a. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29 (1): 1 - 266." type="journal article" year="1990">Kott 1990a</bibRefCitation>
) of the
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB09FF89FE3AFA7B65B4FA63" authorityName="Berrill" authorityYear="1950" box="[510,642,1467,1491]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Holozoidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Holozoidae</taxonomicName>
and in two species of the
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB09FF89FC6BFA7B6374FA63" baseAuthorityName="Kott" baseAuthorityYear="2001" box="[943,1090,1467,1491]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Didemnidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Didemnidae</taxonomicName>
, namely
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB09FF89FF4EFA1B6511FA43" authority="Hartmeyer, 1909" authorityName="Hartmeyer" authorityYear="1909" box="[138,551,1499,1523]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Didemnidae" genus="Didemnum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lahillei">
<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FF4EFA1B6662FA43" box="[138,340,1499,1523]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Didemnum lahillei</emphasis>
Hartmeyer, 1909
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB09FF89FDA1FA1B635CFA43" authority="Milne Edwards, 1842" authorityName="Milne Edwards" authorityYear="1842" box="[613,1130,1499,1523]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Diplosoma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gelatinosum">
<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FDA1FA1B6456FA43" box="[613,864,1499,1523]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Diplosoma gelatinosum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="9F6A1982FB09FF89FCAEFA1B635CFA43" author="Milne Edwards H" box="[874,1130,1499,1523]" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" pagination="217 - 326" refId="ref29039" refString="Milne Edwards H. 1842. Observations sur les ascidies composees des cotes de la Manche. Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences, Institut de France 18: 217 - 326." type="journal article" year="1842">Milne Edwards, 1842</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(see
<bibRefCitation id="9F6A1982FB09FF89FF4EFA3B661FF9A3" author="Fouque G" box="[138,297,1531,1555]" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" pagination="1046 - 1049" refId="ref27597" refString="Fouque G. 1948. La glande pylorique de Diplosoma gelatinosum Milne Edwards, 1842. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 227: 1046 - 1049." type="journal article" year="1948">Fouque 1948</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="9F6A1982FB09FF89FEF1FA3B6645F9A3" author="Fouque G" box="[309,371,1531,1555]" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" pagination="189 - 317" refId="ref27630" refString="Fouque G. 1954. Contribution a l'etude de la glande pylorique des Ascidiaces. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique 28: 189 - 317." type="journal article" year="1954">1954</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="9F6A1982FB09FF89FEBBFA3B6574F9A3" author="Goodbody IM" box="[383,578,1531,1555]" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" pagination="1 - 149" refId="ref27655" refString="Goodbody IM. 1974. The physiology of ascidians. Advances in Marine Biology 12: 1 - 149." type="journal article" year="1974">Goodbody 1974</bibRefCitation>
). Although an opening from the stomach has not yet been detected it probably will be found to occur in
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB09FF89FD30F9DC6477F984" authorityName="Kott" authorityYear="2001" box="[756,833,1564,1588]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Didemnidae" genus="Clitella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FD30F9DC6477F984" box="[756,833,1564,1588]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Clitella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as it is present in
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB09FF89FBECF9DC67E7F9E4" authorityName="Hartmeyer" authorityYear="1909" class="Ascidiacea" family="Didemnidae" genus="Didemnum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lahillei">
<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FBECF9DC67E7F9E4" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Didemnum lahillei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB09FF89FED2F9FC6523F9E4" authorityName="Milne Edwards" authorityYear="1842" box="[278,533,1596,1620]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Diplosoma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gelatinosum">
<emphasis id="C98FB861FB09FF89FED2F9FC6523F9E4" box="[278,533,1596,1620]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467">Diplosoma gelatinosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
<bibRefCitation id="9F6A1982FB09FF89FD98F9FC6437F9E4" author="Fouque G" box="[604,769,1596,1620]" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" pagination="1046 - 1049" refId="ref27597" refString="Fouque G. 1948. La glande pylorique de Diplosoma gelatinosum Milne Edwards, 1842. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 227: 1046 - 1049." type="journal article" year="1948">Fouque 1948</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="9F6A1982FB09FF89FCD6F9FC6464F9E4" author="Fouque G" box="[786,850,1596,1620]" pageId="59" pageNumber="2467" pagination="189 - 317" refId="ref27630" refString="Fouque G. 1954. Contribution a l'etude de la glande pylorique des Ascidiaces. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique 28: 189 - 317." type="journal article" year="1954">1954</bibRefCitation>
). Further, in the two latter species, as in the present one, there are relatively few tubules of the pyloric gland encircling the duct. Nevertheless, despite the similarity of the gastric vesicle in these three species, all of which have relatively large zooids, a direct phylogenetic relationship is not implied, the present genus being distinguished from both
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB0EFF8EFD56FF6964BBFF71" authorityName="Milne Edwards" authorityYear="1842" box="[658,909,169,193]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Diplosoma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="60" pageNumber="2468" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gelatinosum">
<emphasis id="C98FB861FB0EFF8EFD56FF6964BBFF71" box="[658,909,169,193]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="2468">Diplosoma gelatinosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="3CFB1FF0FB0EFF8EFC0EFF6963A3FF71" authorityName="Hartmeyer" authorityYear="1909" box="[970,1173,169,193]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Didemnidae" genus="Didemnum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="60" pageNumber="2468" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lahillei">
<emphasis id="C98FB861FB0EFF8EFC0EFF6963A3FF71" box="[970,1173,169,193]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="2468">Didemnum lahillei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by generic characters (see above).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FB446473FB0EFF8EFF5CFF2A66E9FEF3" blockId="60.[125,1173,137,323]" pageId="60" pageNumber="2468">
The newly recorded specimen is only the second time the species has been collected. The zooids closely resemble those of the
<typeStatus id="2440DAD1FB0EFF8EFDFDFECB6597FE93" box="[569,673,267,291]" pageId="60" pageNumber="2468" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, the only difference being the absence of spicules in the present colony.
</paragraph>
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