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Two colonies were deposited in the collection of the Zoological Museum of the University of Bari (MUZAC): one collected in Heraklion (MUZAC: 6661 preserved in 4% formalin and MUZAC:
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The colonies collected in Taranto show brown-orange colour (
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A-B; colony P1), while colonies collected from Heraklion show different colours from red-orange (colony K11) to purplish black (colony K12) or greenish-blue (colony K7) (
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C-D, 4A-C). Some of these different coloured colonies appear to be joined or almost-completely fused together (
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A-C; colonies K11 and K12). Most of the colonies are massive and almost rounded in shape, up to
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in width. They are characterized by a thick firm tunic without sand embedded, with zooids located only around the outer edge (
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). Systems of zooids are arranged along the common cloacal openings consisting of small conical projections of the outer tunic (
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A-C). The red-orange colonies and the dark ones appear greyish and black, respectively, after preservation in 4% formalin.
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The zooids are
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in length, reaching almost
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with the vascular stolon (
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). The thorax is longer than the abdomen. The post-abdomen is slightly longer than the abdomen and has a very long vascular stolon at its end (
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A-B). The branchial siphon ends with six pointed lobes and shows four orders of oral tentacles arranged regularly (
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). The atrial siphon consists of a wide aperture with a long pointed atrial languet at its edge (
<figureCitation id="13512A48C82FAD464E9CFEB83046FEFA" box="[196,261,323,349]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="6.[130,169,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[347,1218,720,1790]" captionTargetId="figure-273@6.[347,1218,720,1790]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Fig. 3: A) Whole zooid of Polyclinum constellatum, showing a clear division into thorax, abdomen and post-abdomen with a long vascular stolon. ab, abdomen; pa, post-abdomen; th, thorax; vs, vascular stolon; B) Zooid with evident pharynx, rectum, anus and four embryos incubated in the atrial cavity. The funnel-shaped oesophagus, the smooth stomach and the twisted gut loop are visible in the abdomen. The post-abdomen shows the heart at its terminal end, as well as several rounded testicular follicles and the ovary, with the gonoducts running parallel to the rectum. an, anus; e, embryos; gd, gonoducts; gl, gut loop; oe, oesophagus; ov, ovary; h, heart; r, rectum; st, stomach; tf, testicular follicles; C) Magnification of the oral siphon with six pointed lobes (arrows) and six longitudinal muscle bands (indicated with numbers 1-6); D) Branchial sac with 18 rows of stigmata and narrow languets of the dorsal lamina (arrows); E) Magnification of the pharynx, with minute papillae (arrows) at the level of the transverse vessels; F) Magnification of the six-lobed anus (lobes indicated with numbers 1-6)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11989675" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11989675/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A-B). The pharynx is characterized by 1618 rows of stigmata, with about 16-18 stigmata per half-row (counted at the level of the 7
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row) (
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). The branchial transverse vessels show minute papillae not corresponding to the number of stigmata, but usually fewer in number (
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). The dorsal lamina consists of narrow pointed languets (
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). Six longitudinal muscles are visible near the branchial siphon (
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) running towards the thorax on each side of the zooids. Up to 10 embryos can be incubated in the atrial cavity (
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).
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A) Orange colony of
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collected in Heraklion (colony K19) with zooids arranged in systems around the cloacal apertures; D) Section of the colony showing the zooids located only around the outer edge (arrow).
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The abdomen contains the alimentary canal with a funnel-shaped oesophagus, followed by a smooth stomach and a twisted gut loop which lies almost horizontally (
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). The rectum is long, extending to the middle of the thorax, ending in a six-lobed anus at the level of the 9
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row of stigmata (
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).
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The sac-like post-abdomen is connected to the abdomen by a narrow stalk and contains the gonads and the heart (
<figureCitation id="13512A48C82FAD464D3DFD9832FFFDDA" box="[869,956,611,637]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="6.[130,169,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[347,1218,720,1790]" captionTargetId="figure-273@6.[347,1218,720,1790]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Fig. 3: A) Whole zooid of Polyclinum constellatum, showing a clear division into thorax, abdomen and post-abdomen with a long vascular stolon. ab, abdomen; pa, post-abdomen; th, thorax; vs, vascular stolon; B) Zooid with evident pharynx, rectum, anus and four embryos incubated in the atrial cavity. The funnel-shaped oesophagus, the smooth stomach and the twisted gut loop are visible in the abdomen. The post-abdomen shows the heart at its terminal end, as well as several rounded testicular follicles and the ovary, with the gonoducts running parallel to the rectum. an, anus; e, embryos; gd, gonoducts; gl, gut loop; oe, oesophagus; ov, ovary; h, heart; r, rectum; st, stomach; tf, testicular follicles; C) Magnification of the oral siphon with six pointed lobes (arrows) and six longitudinal muscle bands (indicated with numbers 1-6); D) Branchial sac with 18 rows of stigmata and narrow languets of the dorsal lamina (arrows); E) Magnification of the pharynx, with minute papillae (arrows) at the level of the transverse vessels; F) Magnification of the six-lobed anus (lobes indicated with numbers 1-6)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11989675" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11989675/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
). The testis consists of a cluster of follicles joined by ducts to the ovary lying among the male follicles, while the gonoducts end close to the anus (
<figureCitation id="13512A48C82FAD464B5CFD58341FFD1A" box="[1284,1372,675,701]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="6.[130,169,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[347,1218,720,1790]" captionTargetId="figure-273@6.[347,1218,720,1790]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Fig. 3: A) Whole zooid of Polyclinum constellatum, showing a clear division into thorax, abdomen and post-abdomen with a long vascular stolon. ab, abdomen; pa, post-abdomen; th, thorax; vs, vascular stolon; B) Zooid with evident pharynx, rectum, anus and four embryos incubated in the atrial cavity. The funnel-shaped oesophagus, the smooth stomach and the twisted gut loop are visible in the abdomen. The post-abdomen shows the heart at its terminal end, as well as several rounded testicular follicles and the ovary, with the gonoducts running parallel to the rectum. an, anus; e, embryos; gd, gonoducts; gl, gut loop; oe, oesophagus; ov, ovary; h, heart; r, rectum; st, stomach; tf, testicular follicles; C) Magnification of the oral siphon with six pointed lobes (arrows) and six longitudinal muscle bands (indicated with numbers 1-6); D) Branchial sac with 18 rows of stigmata and narrow languets of the dorsal lamina (arrows); E) Magnification of the pharynx, with minute papillae (arrows) at the level of the transverse vessels; F) Magnification of the six-lobed anus (lobes indicated with numbers 1-6)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11989675" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11989675/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
). The heart is positioned at the end of the post-abdomen (
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), followed by a long narrow vascular stolon (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82FAD464EDAF8F7318BF882" bold="true" box="[130,200,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">Fig. 3:</emphasis>
A) Whole zooid of
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82FAD464FC8F8F633CAF882" box="[400,649,1805,1829]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">Polyclinum constellatum</emphasis>
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, showing a clear division into thorax, abdomen and post-abdomen with a long vascular stolon.
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82FAD464F7DF8D63006F8E2" box="[293,325,1837,1861]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">ab,</emphasis>
abdomen;
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post-abdomen;
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thorax;
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82FAD464CBDF8D63243F8E3" box="[741,768,1837,1860]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">vs,</emphasis>
vascular stolon; B) Zooid with evident pharynx, rectum, anus and four embryos incubated in the atrial cavity. The funnel-shaped oesophagus, the smooth stomach and the twisted gut loop are visible in the abdomen. The post-abdomen shows the heart at its terminal end, as well as several rounded testicular follicles and the ovary, with the gonoducts running parallel to the rectum.
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82FAD464CD1F87633EAF803" box="[649,681,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">an,</emphasis>
anus;
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embryos;
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82FAD464D34F87632C8F802" box="[876,907,1933,1957]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">gd,</emphasis>
gonoducts;
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gut loop;
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oesophagus;
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ovary;
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82FAD464ED9F85631CDF862" box="[129,142,1965,1989]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">h</emphasis>
, heart;
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82FAD464E82F85631ABF863" box="[218,232,1965,1988]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">r,</emphasis>
rectum;
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82FAD464F1BF8563019F863" box="[323,346,1965,1988]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">st,</emphasis>
stomach;
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82FAD464F9BF856309BF862" box="[451,472,1965,1989]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="74">tf,</emphasis>
testicular follicles; C) Magnification of the oral siphon with six pointed lobes (arrows) and six longitudinal muscle bands (indicated with numbers 1-6); D) Branchial sac with 18 rows of stigmata and narrow languets of the dorsal lamina (arrows); E) Magnification of the pharynx, with minute papillae (arrows) at the level of the transverse vessels; F) Magnification of the six-lobed anus (lobes indicated with numbers 1-6).
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82EAD474ECFFEDF3198FE99" bold="true" box="[151,219,292,318]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="75">Larva</emphasis>
</heading>
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Several embryos (from 4 up to 15) are incubated in the peribranchial cavity. Fully developed larvae are approximately 0.5 mm in trunk length, and they have one or two calcite crystals usually placed in the middle of the body or close to the ocellus (
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A-B). They have three adhesive papillae on a sagittal plane and four pairs of long ectodermal ampullae. Furthermore, a group of small vesicles is usually present on the ventral side of the larvae (
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD536CDC82EAD474ECFFA3B30DEF9FF" blockId="7.[151,1459,1472,1624]" pageId="7" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82EAD474ECFFA3B31A3FA7F" bold="true" box="[151,224,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="75">Fig. 4:</emphasis>
A, C) Colonies of
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82EAD474FF2FA3B33E4FA7F" box="[426,679,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="75">Polyclinum constellatum</emphasis>
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with different colours photographed and collected in the Heraklion marina (Crete) (A: colony K11 and C: colony K12); B) Transversal section of the colonies, joined only at the surface layer (upper white arrow); D) Zooid extracted from the red-orange colony (K11), with magnification of the 6-lobed anus; E) Zooid extracted from the dark blue colony (K12) with magnification of the 6-lobed anus. Both K11 and K12 have the same COI haplotype (sequence AC number: MT873559).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82EAD474ECFF837319EF843" bold="true" box="[151,221,1996,2020]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="75">Fig. 5:</emphasis>
A) Larva of
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82EAD474F38F83630B9F842" box="[352,506,1997,2021]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="75">P. constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, showing the ocellus, four long narrow ampullae, three adhesive papillae and a group of a few small ventral vesicles (red arrow).
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82EAD474FA9F8163353F7A3" box="[497,528,2029,2052]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="75">am</emphasis>
, ampullae;
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82EAD474CDDF81633DDF7A3" box="[645,670,2029,2052]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="75">ap</emphasis>
, adhesive papillae;
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82EAD474D3CF816323FF7A3" box="[868,892,2029,2052]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="75">oc</emphasis>
, ocellus; B) Larva of
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC82EAD474A0CF81635AEF7A2" box="[1108,1261,2029,2053]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="75">P. constellatum</emphasis>
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, red arrow pointing out the calcite crystal in the middle of the body.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<heading id="D09D81A1C821AD484ED9FF5830FFFF1A" bold="true" box="[129,444,163,190]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484ED9FF5830FFFF1A" bold="true" box="[129,444,163,190]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">COI sequence comparisons</emphasis>
</heading>
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The obtained COI sequences were 811-816 bp long and correspond to two haplotypes differing in only 5 nucleotides (i.e., 4 synonymous substitutions at the third codon position and one non-synonymous substitution at the first codon position). One haplotype (named P1) is shared between the Taranto and five Heraklion colonies, while the other haplotype (named K7) was only found in the blue-greenish K7 colony from Heraklion. Moreover, the COI sequences obtained from colonies with different morphotypes showed 100% identity, including the red-orange (K11) and dark blue (K12) Heraklion colonies joined together (
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A-E).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD536CDC821AD484EFEFD98355FFF59" blockId="8.[129,770,227,2078]" lastBlockId="8.[798,1436,163,254]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">
A total of 33
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484F14FD98308FFDDA" box="[332,460,611,637]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Polyclinum</emphasis>
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sequences belonging to 7 different species were found in the nt-nr database by text and similarity search (NCBI,
<date id="FFD4100DC821AD484F9FFD583333FD1A" box="[455,624,675,701]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" value="2021-09-21">21st Sept 2021</date>
). As detailed in
<tableCitation id="C6E80376C821AD484EF8FD3831B4FD7A" box="[160,247,707,733]" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="9.[151,211,151,175]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Table 2. COI sequences of the nt-nr database (NCBI, 21 September 2021) analysed in this study. Incorrectly assigned sequences are reported in bold, identified as not belonging to ascidians according to BlastN analyses. *haplotypes analysed in this study." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF156645C820AD494ECFFF6C34D1FF68" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" tableUuid="DF156645C820AD494ECFFF6C34D1FF68">Table 2</tableCitation>
, many of these sequences show multiple unexpected indels, terminal regions lacking COI similarity and/or containing long homopolymers, or no significant similarity to ascidians. Six of these sequences are also described in the entry as pseudogenes or “unverified” sequences, meaning that the GenBank staff were unable to verify their accuracy and/or annotations (
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). All these elements are clues of low-quality sequences, or possible PCR contamination. Indeed, our BlastN analyses show that three of these
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484FEDFC183376FC5A" box="[437,565,995,1021]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Polyclinum</emphasis>
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sequences belong to Lepidoptera and two others do not have significant similarity to any nr-nt sequence, so they cannot by unambiguously assigned to a species (
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).
<tableCitation id="C6E80376C821AD484C0FFBB833E9FBFA" box="[599,682,1091,1117]" captionStart="Table 3" captionStartId="10.[128,188,1511,1535]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Table 3. Pairwise uncorrected distances for intra- and inter-species comparisons within the genus Polyclinum. Square brackets contain the number of sequences analysed for each species. Values &lt;1.5 are in bold. K7 and P1 are the haplotypes analysed in this study, while the label “public P. constellatum” represents the sequences of P. constellatum present in the nt-nr database." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF156645C823AD4A4ED8FA1C347EF998" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" tableUuid="DF156645C823AD4A4ED8FA1C347EF998">Table 3</tableCitation>
reports the mean inter- and intra-species pairwise uncorrected distances, calculated only for the confirmed
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484C27FB7833BCFB3A" box="[639,767,1155,1181]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Polyclinum</emphasis>
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sequences and excluding the above-mentioned non-homologous or low-quality terminal regions. It is noteworthy that the mean distance between
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484C53FB1F33F6FB5A" box="[523,693,1251,1277]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. constellatum</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484CB2FB1F3198FABA" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. indicum</emphasis>
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sequences is only 1.34% ± 0.65% and all comparisons between
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484F12FADF33C3FA9A" box="[330,640,1315,1341]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484F12FADF30BBFA9A" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[330,504,1315,1341]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">P. constellatum</taxonomicName>
,
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,
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and
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484CEFFADF31A8FAFA" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. madrasensis</emphasis>
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show a mean uncorrected difference &lt;1.34%. In addition, our K7 haplotype is identical to a short
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484CB2FA9F3053FA3A" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. constellatum</emphasis>
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sequence from
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(see MT
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), and both P1 and K7 haplotypes have a mean distance from
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/
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/
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ranging from 0.09 to 1.25% (
<tableCitation id="C6E80376C821AD484F29FA183084FA59" box="[369,455,1507,1534]" captionStart="Table 3" captionStartId="10.[128,188,1511,1535]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Table 3. Pairwise uncorrected distances for intra- and inter-species comparisons within the genus Polyclinum. Square brackets contain the number of sequences analysed for each species. Values &lt;1.5 are in bold. K7 and P1 are the haplotypes analysed in this study, while the label “public P. constellatum” represents the sequences of P. constellatum present in the nt-nr database." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF156645C823AD4A4ED8FA1C347EF998" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" tableUuid="DF156645C823AD4A4ED8FA1C347EF998">Table 3</tableCitation>
) Based only on these data, our specimens could be equally assigned to
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484CDFF9FF3184F99A" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484CDFF9FF3180F99A" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">P. constellatum</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
to
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<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484EACF9DF3032F99A" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1954" box="[244,369,1571,1597]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">P. indicum</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
or
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<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484FFBF9DF3310F99A" baseAuthorityName="Sebastian" baseAuthorityYear="1952" box="[419,595,1571,1597]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="madrasensis">P. madrasensis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
However, our morphological results clearly show that both our haplotypes belong to
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484F68F99F30A2F9DA" box="[304,481,1635,1661]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484F68F99F309EF9DA" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[304,477,1635,1661]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">P. constellatum</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
It should be noted that all public COI sequences, including the few published ones (
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), lack a morphological description of the samples. Only for
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two
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484F09F93F3085F97A" box="[337,454,1731,1757]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. indicum</emphasis>
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sequences (MH235542 and MH367293), do the Authors report that they were originally identified as belonging to
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484C5AF8F833BCF8BA" box="[514,767,1795,1821]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Polyclinum saturnium</emphasis>
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through conventional morphological analyses and then re-assigned to
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484F7EF8BF30DFF8FA" box="[294,412,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. indicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on similarity to the public COI (
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Khan
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484F68F89F3026F8DA" box="[304,357,1891,1917]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">et al</emphasis>
., 2020
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). A ML phylogenetic reconstruction of
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representatives (
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) shows the monophyly of the genus
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<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484F8DF8583314F81A" box="[469,599,1955,1981]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Polyclinum</taxonomicName>
,
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but all nodes inside the genus remain unresolved, except for a statistically significant clade containing all
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484C15F81F33BDF85A" box="[589,766,2019,2045]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. constellatum</emphasis>
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sequences except P1 (the position of the P1 haplotype is unresolved). Moreover, our results suggest taxonomic mis-assignments of the
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A1EFF3F35FFFF7A" box="[1094,1212,195,221]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. indicum</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484AACFF3F34DFFF7A" box="[1268,1436,195,221]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. madrasensis</emphasis>
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public COI sequences.
</paragraph>
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<heading id="D09D81A1C821AD484D46FEB83546FEF9" bold="true" box="[798,1029,323,350]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484D46FEB83546FEF9" bold="true" box="[798,1029,323,350]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Taxonomic remarks</emphasis>
</heading>
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<paragraph id="8BD536CDC821AD484D1CFE7835ADFDF9" blockId="8.[798,1440,387,2078]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">
The
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family includes colonial species with a lobed oral siphon, zooids arranged in systems with common cloacal openings, as well as the gonads and heart in the post-abdomen. The genus
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A9DFE183406FE5A" box="[1221,1349,483,509]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Polyclinum</emphasis>
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is characterized by a twisted gut loop, almost horizontal, and a pharynx with simple branchial papillae.
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484ABCFDD832C6FDFA" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484ABCFDD832C6FDFA" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Polyclinum constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the
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species of the genus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD536CDC821AD484D1CFD9832D9FC1A" blockId="8.[798,1440,387,2078]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">
The only species belonging to the genus
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484B45FD9834DEFDDA" box="[1309,1437,611,637]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Polyclinum</emphasis>
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known thus far in the Mediterranean Sea is
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484B53FD7F34DFFD3A" box="[1291,1436,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. aurantium</emphasis>
Milne-Edwards, 1841
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(
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). This species differs from
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A1AFD3F35ADFD7A" box="[1090,1262,707,733]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. constellatum</emphasis>
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mainly in having one or few zooid systems per colony and the presence of sand grains in the tunic. This is also confirmed by
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Name (1945),
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC821AD484A7DFCD83596FC99" author="Tokioka, T." box="[1061,1237,803,830]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" pagination="104 - 138" refId="ref12434" refString="Tokioka, T., 1961. Ascidians collected during the Melanesia Expedition 1, Ascidians presented by Dr R. L. A. Catala of the Aquarium of Noumea. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 134, 104 - 138." type="journal article" year="1961">Tokioka (1961)</bibRefCitation>
and
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who report that
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484ADEFCBF3477FCFA" box="[1158,1332,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. constellatum</emphasis>
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colonies are usually free of sand, and whether some sand is present on the surface or not, it does not pervade the interior of the colony.
</paragraph>
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The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS Editorial Board, 2022) reports 47 species belonging to the genus
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484D32FBF832A9FBBA" box="[874,1002,1027,1053]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Polyclinum</emphasis>
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. Among these species,
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484AA5FBFF355FFB99" authority="Michaelsen, 1919" authorityName="Michaelsen" authorityYear="1919" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrophyllum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484AA5FBFF320BFB9A" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. macrophyllum</emphasis>
Michaelsen, 1919
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484A70FBDF34DBFB99" authority="Herdman, 1899" authorityName="Herdman" authorityYear="1899" box="[1064,1432,1059,1086]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="complanatum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A70FBDF359EFB9A" box="[1064,1245,1059,1085]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. complanatum</emphasis>
Herdman, 1899
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484D16FBBF352BFBF9" authority="Sluiter, 1909" authorityName="Sluiter" authorityYear="1909" box="[846,1128,1091,1118]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hospitale">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484D16FBBF3292FBFA" box="[846,977,1091,1117]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. hospitale</emphasis>
Sluiter, 1909
</taxonomicName>
cannot be considered valid species. In detail,
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484DA9FB9F35F3FBDA" authorityName="Michaelsen" authorityYear="1919" box="[1009,1200,1123,1149]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrophyllum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484DA9FB9F35F3FBDA" box="[1009,1200,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. macrophyllum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cannot be separated from
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484D05FB7F32BEFB3A" authorityName="Pizon" authorityYear="1908" box="[861,1021,1155,1181]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vasculosum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484D05FB7F32BEFB3A" box="[861,1021,1155,1181]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. vasculosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A56FB7F350FFB3A" box="[1038,1100,1156,1181]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC821AD484A0DFB7F3591FB39" author="Kott, P." box="[1109,1234,1156,1182]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" pagination="375 - 620" refId="ref10356" refString="Kott, P., 1992. The Australian Ascidiacea Part 3, Aplousobranchia (2). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 32, 375 - 620." type="journal article" year="1992">Kott, 1992</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484ABFFB7F34DFFB3A" authorityName="Herdman" authorityYear="1899" box="[1255,1436,1155,1181]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="complanatum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484ABFFB7F34DFFB3A" box="[1255,1436,1155,1181]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. complanatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not properly assigned, indeed it has a long abdomen different from that characteristic of
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484AE9FB38347EFB7A" box="[1201,1341,1219,1245]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Polyclinidae</taxonomicName>
species, and it could be a species of
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484A00FB1F34DBFB59" authority="(Kott, 1992)" baseAuthorityName="Kott" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[1112,1432,1252,1278]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Pseudodistomidae" genus="Pseudodistoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A00FB1F3440FB59" box="[1112,1283,1252,1278]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Pseudodistoma</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC821AD484B4AFB1F34D3FB59" author="Kott, P." box="[1298,1424,1252,1278]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" pagination="375 - 620" refId="ref10356" refString="Kott, P., 1992. The Australian Ascidiacea Part 3, Aplousobranchia (2). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 32, 375 - 620." type="journal article" year="1992">Kott, 1992</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Finally, the correct authorship of
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484AF8FAFF3466FAB9" authorityName="Sluiter" authorityYear="1909" box="[1184,1317,1284,1310]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hospitale">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484AF8FAFF3466FAB9" box="[1184,1317,1284,1310]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. hospitale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should be Sluiter, 1895, and it is probably an
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484AC1FADF3416FA99" box="[1177,1365,1316,1342]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484AC1FADF3443FA99" box="[1177,1280,1316,1342]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Aplidium</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC821AD484B3AFADF3219FAF9" author="Kott, P." pageId="8" pageNumber="76" pagination="375 - 620" refId="ref10356" refString="Kott, P., 1992. The Australian Ascidiacea Part 3, Aplousobranchia (2). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 32, 375 - 620." type="journal article" year="1992">Kott, 1992</bibRefCitation>
). Three valid species are not yet present in WoRMS:
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484D46FA9F3523FADA" authority="Herdman, 1886" authorityName="Herdman" authorityYear="1886" box="[798,1120,1379,1406]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minutum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484D46FA9F32E3FADA" box="[798,928,1380,1405]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. minutum</emphasis>
Herdman, 1886
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484A37FA9F34DBFAD9" authority="Sluiter, 1913" authorityName="Sluiter" authorityYear="1913" box="[1135,1432,1380,1406]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tralaticia">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A37FA9F35B4FAD9" box="[1135,1271,1380,1406]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. tralaticia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC821AD484B5AFA9F34DBFAD9" author="Sluiter, C. P." box="[1282,1432,1380,1406]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" pagination="63 - 78" refId="ref12226" refString="Sluiter, C. P., 1913. Ascidien von den Aru-Inseln. Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 3 (1), 63 - 78." type="journal article" year="1913">Sluiter, 1913</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484D16FA7F35FFFA39" authority="Parker-Nance, 2003" authorityName="Parker-Nance" authorityYear="2003" box="[846,1212,1412,1438]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ramosum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484D16FA7F3292FA3A" box="[846,977,1412,1437]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. ramosum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC821AD484D81FA7F35FFFA39" author="Parker-Nance, S." box="[985,1212,1412,1438]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" refId="ref11519" refString="Parker-Nance, S., 2003. Aplousobranch ascidians (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from southern Africa. PhD thesis, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 199 pp." type="book" year="2003">Parker-Nance, 2003</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484A9EFA7F3409FA39" authorityName="Sluiter" authorityYear="1913" box="[1222,1354,1412,1438]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tralaticia">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A9EFA7F3409FA39" box="[1222,1354,1412,1438]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. tralaticia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is considered valid by
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC821AD484DBEFA5F352EFA19" author="Kott, P." box="[998,1133,1444,1470]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" pagination="375 - 620" refId="ref10356" refString="Kott, P., 1992. The Australian Ascidiacea Part 3, Aplousobranchia (2). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 32, 375 - 620." type="journal article" year="1992">Kott (1992)</bibRefCitation>
and
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albeit erroneously reported as
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A26FA3F34D6FA7A" box="[1150,1429,1476,1502]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484A26FA3F3442FA79" box="[1150,1281,1476,1502]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Pseudodistomidae" genus="Pseudodistoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tralatica">P. tralatica</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484B56FA3F34D6FA7A" authorityName="Parker-Nance" authorityYear="2003" box="[1294,1429,1476,1501]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ramosum">P. ramosum</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
, described as a new species by
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC821AD484A23FA1F3429FA59" author="Parker-Nance, S." box="[1147,1386,1508,1534]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" refId="ref11519" refString="Parker-Nance, S., 2003. Aplousobranch ascidians (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from southern Africa. PhD thesis, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 199 pp." type="book" year="2003">Parker-Nance (2003)</bibRefCitation>
, has sand embedded in the tunic, branchial papillae one third of the length of the stigmata and a bilobed anus.
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484B67F9DF320BF9FA" authorityName="Herdman" authorityYear="1886" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minutum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484B67F9DF320BF9FA" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. minutum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a branchial sac with only 8-9 rows of stigmata.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD536CDC821AD484D1CF99F3296F979" blockId="8.[798,1440,387,2078]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">
Considering the above-mentioned considerations,
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reports a taxonomic key for 47
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484AE6F97F34DBF939" box="[1214,1432,1668,1694]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484AE6F97F347DF939" box="[1214,1342,1668,1694]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Polyclinum</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
, listed according to their main features and completed with authorship.
</paragraph>
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Among the 47 accepted species of
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484A82F91F3419F959" box="[1242,1370,1764,1790]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A82F91F3419F959" box="[1242,1370,1764,1790]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">Polyclinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, only 9 are characterized by the absence of sand embedded in or coating the colonies. Moreover, most of the species characterized by the absence of sand outside or throughout the tunic have a lower number of rows of stigmata compared to those of
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484A45F87F3589F839" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[1053,1226,1924,1950]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484A45F87F3589F839" box="[1053,1226,1924,1950]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, apart from for
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484BD0F87F35D3F819" authority="(Ritter &amp; Forsyth, 1917)" baseAuthorityName="Ritter &amp; Forsyth" baseAuthorityYear="1917" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="planum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484BD0F87F3231F819" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. planum</emphasis>
(Ritter &amp; Forsyth, 1917)
</taxonomicName>
(13-14 rows of stigmata) and
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484D23F83F3405F879" authority="Monniot &amp; Monniot, 1989" authorityName="Monniot &amp; Monniot" authorityYear="1989" box="[891,1350,1988,2014]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="johnsonii">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484D23F83F3540F879" box="[891,1027,1988,2014]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. johnsonii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC821AD484A57F83F3405F879" author="Monniot, C. &amp; Monniot, F." box="[1039,1350,1988,2014]" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" pagination="14 - 32" refId="ref11207" refString="Monniot, C., Monniot, F., 1989. Ascidians collected around the Galapagos islands using the Johnson-Sea-Link research submersible. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102 (1), 14 - 32" type="journal article" year="1989">Monniot &amp; Monniot, 1989</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(16-17 rows). However,
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC821AD484DBAF81F3511F859" baseAuthorityName="Ritter &amp; Forsyth" baseAuthorityYear="1917" box="[994,1106,2020,2046]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="8" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="planum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484DBAF81F3511F859" box="[994,1106,2020,2046]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. planum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC821AD484BD0F81F32EEF7B9" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="76">P. constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the characteristic paddle-shaped colonies with the zooids arranged in rows only along one side of the colony, while
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4F1DFF3F3083FF7A" box="[325,448,195,221]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="johnsoni">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4F1DFF3F3083FF7A" box="[325,448,195,221]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. johnsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a higher number of stigmata per half-row (23-25).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494ECFFF6C31AFFF09" bold="true" box="[151,236,150,175]" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Table 2.</emphasis>
COI sequences of the nt-nr database (NCBI, 21 September 2021) analysed in this study. Incorrectly assigned sequences are reported in bold, identified as not belonging to ascidians according to BlastN analyses. *haplotypes analysed in this study.
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<paragraph id="8BD536CDC820AD494EF0FF1034D2F7AA" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494EF0FF10306EFEA4" bold="true" box="[168,301,235,259]" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">AC Number</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494FB7FF103368FEA4" bold="true" box="[495,555,235,259]" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Notes</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494CADFF1032B5FEA4" bold="true" box="[757,1014,235,259]" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Species and Description</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494A7EFF103501FEA4" bold="true" box="[1062,1090,235,259]" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">bp</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494A3FFF103583FEA4" bold="true" box="[1127,1216,235,259]" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Locality</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494B52FF103435FEA4" bold="true" box="[1290,1398,235,259]" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Reference</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494EECFEE73062FE93" bold="true" box="[180,289,284,308]" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">AY116606</emphasis>
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Lepidoptera from BlastN
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494C3FFEE5333FFE92" box="[615,636,286,309]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">vs</emphasis>
. nr-nt
</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FEF53542FEE3" box="[745,1025,270,324]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D59FEF532F1FEE3" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D59FEF532A5FE82" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1841" box="[769,998,270,294]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aurantium">Polyclinum aurantium</taxonomicName>
, pseudogene
</emphasis>
</td>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFEF53583FEE3" box="[1126,1216,270,324]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">France</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FEF534E4FEE3" box="[1241,1447,270,324]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC820AD494A84FEF53419FEE3" author="Stach, T. &amp; Turbeville, J. M." pageId="9" pageNumber="77" pagination="408 - 428" refId="ref12295" refString="Stach, T., Turbeville, J. M., 2002. Phylogeny of Tunicata inferred from molecular and morphological characters. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 25 (3), 408 - 428." type="journal article" year="2002">Stach &amp; Turbeville, 2002</bibRefCitation>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFEB43583FE22" box="[1126,1216,335,389]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FEB434E4FE22" box="[1241,1447,335,389]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC820AD494AAAFEB43419FE22" author="Jaffar Ali, A. &amp; Akram, S. A. &amp; Arshan, K. M." pageId="9" pageNumber="77" refId="ref10138" refString="Jaffar Ali, A., Akram, S. A., Arshan, K. M., 2016. New distributional data on ascidian fauna (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from Mandapam coast, Gulf of Mannar, India. Biodiversity data journal, 4, e 7855." type="journal volume" year="2016">
Jaffar Ali
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494B0DFEB434C1FEC0" box="[1365,1410,335,359]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">et al</emphasis>
., 2016
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Lepidoptera from BlastN
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494C3FFE64333FFE11" box="[615,636,415,438]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">vs</emphasis>
. nr-nt
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UNVERIFIED:
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D5CFE5532ABFE61" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1841" box="[772,1000,430,454]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aurantium">
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFE6B3583FE61" box="[1126,1216,400,454]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FE6B34E4FE61" box="[1241,1447,400,454]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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Lepidoptera from BlastN
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nr-nt
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FE2A3542FDA0" box="[745,1025,465,519]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
UNVERIFIED:
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494CAAFE1432CAFDA0" box="[754,905,495,519]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494CAAFE1432CAFDA0" box="[754,905,495,519]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum sp.</emphasis>
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ASP-2013
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFE2A3583FDA0" box="[1126,1216,465,519]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FE2A34E4FDA0" box="[1241,1447,465,519]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FDEA34E4FDEF" box="[168,1447,529,584]" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FDEA306EFDEF" box="[168,301,529,584]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KJ944391</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EFDEA3386FDEF" box="[342,709,529,584]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Terminal region non-homologous to COI</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FDEA3542FDEF" box="[745,1025,529,584]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
UNVERIFIED:
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D48FDCB329FFDEF" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1954" box="[784,988,560,584]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FDCB329FFDEF" box="[784,988,560,584]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FDEA3504FDEF" box="[1056,1095,529,584]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">507</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFDEA3583FDEF" box="[1126,1216,529,584]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FDEA34E4FDEF" box="[1241,1447,529,584]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC820AD494A81FDEA3419FDE0" author="Ahmed, N. S. &amp; Jaffar Ali, H. A." pageId="9" pageNumber="77" refId="ref8981" refString="Ahmed, N. S., Jaffar Ali, H. A., 2015. In Silico Analysis of COI Gene Sequences of Two Colonial Ascidians Polyclinum indicum and Didemnum candidum from Gulf of Mannar. Science and humanities, 217." type="journal volume" year="2015">Ahmed &amp; Jaffar Ali, 2015</bibRefCitation>
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<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FDA834E4FDCC" box="[168,1447,595,619]" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FDA8306EFDCC" box="[168,301,595,619]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KP072781</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FDA83542FDCC" box="[745,1025,595,619]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D48FDA8329FFDCC" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1954" box="[784,988,595,619]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFDA83583FDCC" box="[1126,1216,595,619]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FDA834E4FDCC" box="[1241,1447,595,619]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FD8C34E4FD28" box="[168,1447,631,655]" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FD8C306EFD28" box="[168,301,631,655]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KT276223</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FD8C3542FD28" box="[745,1025,631,655]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D48FD8C329FFD28" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1954" box="[784,988,631,655]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FD8C329FFD28" box="[784,988,631,655]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FD8C3504FD28" box="[1056,1095,631,655]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">565</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFD8C3583FD28" box="[1126,1216,631,655]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FD8C34E4FD28" box="[1241,1447,631,655]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FD6734E4FD13" box="[168,1447,668,692]" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FD67306EFD13" box="[168,301,668,692]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KT345963</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FD673542FD13" box="[745,1025,668,692]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D48FD67329FFD13" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1954" box="[784,988,668,692]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FD67329FFD13" box="[784,988,668,692]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FD673504FD13" box="[1056,1095,668,692]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">550</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFD673583FD13" box="[1126,1216,668,692]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FD6734E4FD13" box="[1241,1447,668,692]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FD4434E4FD51" box="[168,1447,703,758]" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FD44306EFD51" box="[168,301,703,758]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650772</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EFD443386FD51" box="[342,709,703,758]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Terminal region non-homologous to COI</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FD443542FD51" box="[745,1025,703,758]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D48FD34329FFD40" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1954" box="[784,988,719,743]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FD34329FFD40" box="[784,988,719,743]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FD443504FD51" box="[1056,1095,703,758]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">532</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFD443583FD51" box="[1126,1216,703,758]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FD4434E4FD51" box="[1241,1447,703,758]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FCFA34E4FCBE" box="[168,1447,769,793]" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FCFA306EFCBE" box="[168,301,769,793]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650773</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FCFA3542FCBE" box="[745,1025,769,793]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D48FCFA329FFCBE" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1954" box="[784,988,769,793]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FCFA329FFCBE" box="[784,988,769,793]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFCFA3583FCBE" box="[1126,1216,769,793]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FCFA34E4FCBE" box="[1241,1447,769,793]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FCDE306EFC99" box="[168,301,805,830]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650774</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FCDE3542FC99" box="[745,1025,805,830]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D48FCDD3298FC99" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1954" box="[784,987,806,830]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FCDD3298FC99" box="[784,987,806,830]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FCDE3504FC99" box="[1056,1095,805,830]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">551</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFCDE3583FC99" box="[1126,1216,805,830]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FCDE34E4FC99" box="[1241,1447,805,830]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FCB234E4FC27" box="[168,1447,841,896]" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FCB2306EFC27" box="[168,301,841,896]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650775</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EFCB23386FC27" box="[342,709,841,896]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Terminal region non-homologous to COI</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FCB23542FC27" box="[745,1025,841,896]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D48FCA33298FCD7" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1954" box="[784,987,856,880]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FCA33298FCD7" box="[784,987,856,880]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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</td>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFCB23583FC27" box="[1126,1216,841,896]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FCB234E4FC27" box="[1241,1447,841,896]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FC7034E4FC04" box="[168,1447,907,931]" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FC70306EFC04" box="[168,301,907,931]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650776</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FC703542FC04" box="[745,1025,907,931]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FC703298FC04" box="[784,987,907,931]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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</td>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFC703583FC04" box="[1126,1216,907,931]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FC7034E4FC04" box="[1241,1447,907,931]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FC5434E4FC60" box="[168,1447,943,967]" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FC54306EFC60" box="[168,301,943,967]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650777</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FC543542FC60" box="[745,1025,943,967]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FC543298FC60" box="[784,987,943,967]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFC543583FC60" box="[1126,1216,943,967]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FC5434E4FC60" box="[1241,1447,943,967]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FC2F34E4FC4B" box="[168,1447,980,1004]" gridrow="15" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FC2F306EFC4B" box="[168,301,980,1004]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650778</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FC2F3542FC4B" box="[745,1025,980,1004]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FC2F3298FC4B" box="[784,987,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFC2F3583FC4B" box="[1126,1216,980,1004]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FC2F34E4FC4B" box="[1241,1447,980,1004]" gridcol="5" gridrow="15" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FC0334E4FBB7" box="[168,1447,1016,1040]" gridrow="16" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FC03306EFBB7" box="[168,301,1016,1040]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650779</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FC033542FBB7" box="[745,1025,1016,1040]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FC033298FBB7" box="[784,987,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FC033504FBB7" box="[1056,1095,1016,1040]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">589</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFC033583FBB7" box="[1126,1216,1016,1040]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FC0334E4FBB7" box="[1241,1447,1016,1040]" gridcol="5" gridrow="16" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FBE734E4FB92" box="[168,1447,1052,1077]" gridrow="17" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FBE7306EFB92" box="[168,301,1052,1077]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650780</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FBE73542FB92" box="[745,1025,1052,1077]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D48FBE63298FB92" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1954" box="[784,987,1053,1077]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FBE63298FB92" box="[784,987,1053,1077]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FBE73504FB92" box="[1056,1095,1052,1077]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">600</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFBE73583FB92" box="[1126,1216,1052,1077]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FBE734E4FB92" box="[1241,1447,1052,1077]" gridcol="5" gridrow="17" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FBBA34E4FBFE" box="[168,1447,1089,1113]" gridrow="18" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FBBA306EFBFE" box="[168,301,1089,1113]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650781</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FBBA3542FBFE" box="[745,1025,1089,1113]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FBBA3298FBFE" box="[784,987,1089,1113]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FBBA3504FBFE" box="[1056,1095,1089,1113]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">631</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFBBA3583FBFE" box="[1126,1216,1089,1113]" gridcol="4" gridrow="18" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FBBA34E4FBFE" box="[1241,1447,1089,1113]" gridcol="5" gridrow="18" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FB9F34E4FB3C" box="[168,1447,1124,1179]" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FB9F306EFB3C" box="[168,301,1124,1179]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650782</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EFB9F3386FB3C" box="[342,709,1124,1179]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Terminal region non-homologous to COI and with homopolymers</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FB9F3542FB3C" box="[745,1025,1124,1179]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FB8F3298FB2B" box="[784,987,1140,1164]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFB9F3583FB3C" box="[1126,1216,1124,1179]" gridcol="4" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FB9F34E4FB3C" box="[1241,1447,1124,1179]" gridcol="5" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FB5D34E4FB19" box="[168,1447,1190,1214]" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FB5D306EFB19" box="[168,301,1190,1214]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650783</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EFB5D3386FB19" box="[342,709,1190,1214]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Multiple indels</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FB5D3542FB19" box="[745,1025,1190,1214]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FB5D3504FB19" box="[1056,1095,1190,1214]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">609</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFB5D3583FB19" box="[1126,1216,1190,1214]" gridcol="4" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FB5D34E4FB19" box="[1241,1447,1190,1214]" gridcol="5" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FB3134E4FAA7" box="[168,1447,1226,1280]" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FB31306EFAA7" box="[168,301,1226,1280]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650784</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EFB313386FAA7" box="[342,709,1226,1280]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Terminal region non-homologous to COI and with homopolymers</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FB313542FAA7" box="[745,1025,1226,1280]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D48FB223298FB56" box="[784,987,1241,1265]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FB313504FAA7" box="[1056,1095,1226,1280]" gridcol="3" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">593</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFB313583FAA7" box="[1126,1216,1226,1280]" gridcol="4" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FB3134E4FAA7" box="[1241,1447,1226,1280]" gridcol="5" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FAF034E4FA83" box="[168,1447,1291,1316]" gridrow="22" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FAF0306EFA83" box="[168,301,1291,1316]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650785</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FAF03542FA83" box="[745,1025,1291,1316]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D57FAF73298FA83" box="[783,987,1292,1316]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FAF03504FA83" box="[1056,1095,1291,1316]" gridcol="3" gridrow="22" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">610</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFAF03583FA83" box="[1126,1216,1291,1316]" gridcol="4" gridrow="22" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FAF034E4FA83" box="[1241,1447,1291,1316]" gridcol="5" gridrow="22" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FACB34E4FAEF" box="[168,1447,1328,1352]" gridrow="23" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FACB306EFAEF" box="[168,301,1328,1352]" gridcol="0" gridrow="23" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650786</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FACB3542FAEF" box="[745,1025,1328,1352]" gridcol="2" gridrow="23" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FACB3504FAEF" box="[1056,1095,1328,1352]" gridcol="3" gridrow="23" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">610</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFACB3583FAEF" box="[1126,1216,1328,1352]" gridcol="4" gridrow="23" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FACB34E4FAEF" box="[1241,1447,1328,1352]" gridcol="5" gridrow="23" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
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<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FAAF34E4FACA" box="[168,1447,1364,1389]" gridrow="24" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FAAF306EFACA" box="[168,301,1364,1389]" gridcol="0" gridrow="24" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">MH235542</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EFAAF3386FACA" box="[342,709,1364,1389]" gridcol="1" gridrow="24" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Multiple indels</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FAAF3542FACA" box="[745,1025,1364,1389]" gridcol="2" gridrow="24" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D57FAAF3298FACB" box="[783,987,1364,1388]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum indicum</emphasis>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFAAF3583FACA" box="[1126,1216,1364,1389]" gridcol="4" gridrow="24" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FAAF34E4FACA" box="[1241,1447,1364,1389]" gridcol="5" gridrow="24" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FA82306EFA36" box="[168,301,1401,1425]" gridcol="0" gridrow="25" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">MH367293</th>
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<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFA823583FA36" box="[1126,1216,1401,1425]" gridcol="4" gridrow="25" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FA8234E4FA36" box="[1241,1447,1401,1425]" gridcol="5" gridrow="25" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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Khan
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494B7DFA81341AFA36" box="[1317,1369,1401,1425]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">et al.</emphasis>
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<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FA66306EFA74" box="[168,301,1437,1491]" gridcol="0" gridrow="26" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">MT637964</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FA663542FA74" box="[745,1025,1437,1491]" gridcol="2" gridrow="26" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
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</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FA663504FA74" box="[1056,1095,1437,1491]" gridcol="3" gridrow="26" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">593</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFA663583FA74" box="[1126,1216,1437,1491]" gridcol="4" gridrow="26" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Puerto Rico</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FA6634E4FA74" box="[1241,1447,1437,1491]" gridcol="5" gridrow="26" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Nydam, unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0FA2634E4F9B3" box="[168,1447,1501,1556]" gridrow="27" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0FA26306EF9B3" box="[168,301,1501,1556]" gridcol="0" gridrow="27" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">MT873559*</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1FA263542F9B3" box="[745,1025,1501,1556]" gridcol="2" gridrow="27" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494CACFA2632ACFA52" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[756,1007,1501,1525]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494CACFA2632ACFA52" box="[756,1007,1501,1525]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, haplotype P1
</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78FA263504F9B3" box="[1056,1095,1501,1556]" gridcol="3" gridrow="27" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">816</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EFA263583F9B3" box="[1126,1216,1501,1556]" gridcol="4" gridrow="27" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Italy</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81FA2634E4F9B3" box="[1241,1447,1501,1556]" gridcol="5" gridrow="27" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">This study</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0F9E534E4F9F3" box="[168,1447,1566,1620]" gridrow="28" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0F9E5306EF9F3" box="[168,301,1566,1620]" gridcol="0" gridrow="28" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">OL597608*</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1F9E53542F9F3" box="[745,1025,1566,1620]" gridcol="2" gridrow="28" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494CACF9E532ACF991" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[756,1007,1566,1590]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494CACF9E532ACF991" box="[756,1007,1566,1590]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, haplotype K7
</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78F9E53504F9F3" box="[1056,1095,1566,1620]" gridcol="3" gridrow="28" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">811</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EF9E53583F9F3" box="[1126,1216,1566,1620]" gridcol="4" gridrow="28" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Grece</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81F9E534E4F9F3" box="[1241,1447,1566,1620]" gridcol="5" gridrow="28" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">This study</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0F9A434E4F932" box="[168,1447,1631,1685]" gridrow="29" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0F9A4306EF932" box="[168,301,1631,1685]" gridcol="0" gridrow="29" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">MW858363</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1F9A43542F932" box="[745,1025,1631,1685]" gridcol="2" gridrow="29" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494CA0F99532B1F921" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[760,1010,1646,1670]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494CA0F99532B1F921" box="[760,1010,1646,1670]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78F9A43504F932" box="[1056,1095,1631,1685]" gridcol="3" gridrow="29" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">863</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EF9A43583F932" box="[1126,1216,1631,1685]" gridcol="4" gridrow="29" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Florida, USA</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81F9A434E4F932" box="[1241,1447,1631,1685]" gridcol="5" gridrow="29" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Nydam, unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0F95B34E4F971" box="[168,1447,1696,1750]" gridrow="30" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0F95B306EF971" box="[168,301,1696,1750]" gridcol="0" gridrow="30" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">MW858364</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1F95B3542F971" box="[745,1025,1696,1750]" gridcol="2" gridrow="30" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494CA0F95432B1F960" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[760,1010,1711,1735]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494CA0F95432B1F960" box="[760,1010,1711,1735]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78F95B3504F971" box="[1056,1095,1696,1750]" gridcol="3" gridrow="30" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">859</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EF95B3583F971" box="[1126,1216,1696,1750]" gridcol="4" gridrow="30" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Florida, USA</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81F95B34E4F971" box="[1241,1447,1696,1750]" gridcol="5" gridrow="30" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Nydam, unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0F91B34E4F892" box="[168,1447,1760,1845]" gridrow="31" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0F91B306EF892" box="[168,301,1760,1845]" gridcol="0" gridrow="31" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">MW990087</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1F91B3542F892" box="[745,1025,1760,1845]" gridcol="2" gridrow="31" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494CA0F90432B1F8B0" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[760,1010,1791,1815]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494CA0F90432B1F8B0" box="[760,1010,1791,1815]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78F91B3504F892" box="[1056,1095,1760,1845]" gridcol="3" gridrow="31" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">808</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EF91B3583F892" box="[1126,1216,1760,1845]" gridcol="4" gridrow="31" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Abu Dhabi Emirates</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81F91B34E4F892" box="[1241,1447,1760,1845]" gridcol="5" gridrow="31" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
Govindharaj
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494B3EF90B34DAF8AF" box="[1382,1433,1776,1800]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">et al.</emphasis>
, unpub
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0F8BB34E4F8D1" box="[168,1447,1856,1910]" gridrow="32" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0F8BB306EF8D1" box="[168,301,1856,1910]" gridcol="0" gridrow="32" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX650787</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EF8BB3386F8D1" box="[342,709,1856,1910]" gridcol="1" gridrow="32" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Multiple indels and terminal region non-homologous to COI</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1F8BB3542F8D1" box="[745,1025,1856,1910]" gridcol="2" gridrow="32" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494D5DF8B432A5F8C0" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[773,998,1871,1895]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="saturnium">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494D5DF8B432A5F8C0" box="[773,998,1871,1895]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum saturnium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78F8BB3504F8D1" box="[1056,1095,1856,1910]" gridcol="3" gridrow="32" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">502</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EF8BB3583F8D1" box="[1126,1216,1856,1910]" gridcol="4" gridrow="32" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81F8BB34E4F8D1" box="[1241,1447,1856,1910]" gridcol="5" gridrow="32" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0F87A34E4F810" box="[168,1447,1921,1975]" gridrow="33" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0F87A306EF810" box="[168,301,1921,1975]" gridcol="0" gridrow="33" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494EEDF8743063F800" bold="true" box="[181,288,1935,1959]" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">JN107814</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EF87A3386F810" box="[342,709,1921,1975]" gridcol="1" gridrow="33" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">No significant similarity in BlastN</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1F87A3542F810" box="[745,1025,1921,1975]" gridcol="2" gridrow="33" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
UNVERIFIED:
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494DD6F87A32F6F810" baseAuthorityName="Sebastian" baseAuthorityYear="1952" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="madrasensis">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494DD6F87A32F6F810" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum madrasensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78F87A3504F810" box="[1056,1095,1921,1975]" gridcol="3" gridrow="33" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">641</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EF87A3583F810" box="[1126,1216,1921,1975]" gridcol="4" gridrow="33" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81F87A34E4F810" box="[1241,1447,1921,1975]" gridcol="5" gridrow="33" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0F83934E4F87D" box="[168,1447,1986,2010]" gridrow="34" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0F839306EF87D" box="[168,301,1986,2010]" gridcol="0" gridrow="34" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KU220954</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EF8393386F87D" box="[342,709,1986,2010]" gridcol="1" gridrow="34" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Multiple indels</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1F8393542F87D" box="[745,1025,1986,2010]" gridcol="2" gridrow="34" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494CA1F83932B1F87D" baseAuthorityName="Sebastian" baseAuthorityYear="1952" box="[761,1010,1986,2010]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="madrasensis">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494CA1F83932B1F87D" box="[761,1010,1986,2010]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum madrasensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78F8393504F87D" box="[1056,1095,1986,2010]" gridcol="3" gridrow="34" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">531</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EF8393583F87D" box="[1126,1216,1986,2010]" gridcol="4" gridrow="34" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81F83934E4F87D" box="[1241,1447,1986,2010]" gridcol="5" gridrow="34" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355A348FC82052BF4EF0F81D34E4F7BB" box="[168,1447,2022,2076]" gridrow="35" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<th id="768B5DF3C82052BF4EF0F81D306EF7BB" box="[168,301,2022,2076]" gridcol="0" gridrow="35" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">KX138512</th>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4F0EF81D3386F7BB" box="[342,709,2022,2076]" gridcol="1" gridrow="35" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Multiple indels and terminal region non-homologous to COI</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4CB1F81D3542F7BB" box="[745,1025,2022,2076]" gridcol="2" gridrow="35" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC820AD494CAAF80E32CAF7AA" box="[754,905,2037,2061]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC820AD494CAAF80E32CAF7AA" box="[754,905,2037,2061]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Polyclinum sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
HAJ-2016
</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A78F81D3504F7BB" box="[1056,1095,2022,2076]" gridcol="3" gridrow="35" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">600</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A3EF81D3583F7BB" box="[1126,1216,2022,2076]" gridcol="4" gridrow="35" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">India</td>
<td id="768B5DF3C82052BF4A81F81D34E4F7BB" box="[1241,1447,2022,2076]" gridcol="5" gridrow="35" pageId="9" pageNumber="77">Jaffar Ali unpub</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD536CDC823AD4A4EFEFEFF318AFD7A" blockId="10.[128,767,163,1470]" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">
Most of the remaining accepted species are characterized by having sand embedded in or coating the tunic. The main morphological characters of these species are detailed and summarized in
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. In particular, according to the COI comparisons, the sandy tunic species
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4ED9FE5F30F9FE19" authority="Sebastian, 1952" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1952" box="[129,442,419,446]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4ED9FE5F31B9FE1A" box="[129,250,419,445]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. indicum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC823AD4A4F5DFE5830F9FE19" author="Sebastian, V. O." box="[261,442,419,446]" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" pagination="316 - 317" refId="ref12033" refString="Sebastian, V. O., 1952. A new species of synascidian from Madras. Current Science, 21, 316 - 317." type="journal article" year="1952">Sebastian, 1952</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4FA0FE5F3181FE79" authority="(Savigny, 1816)" baseAuthorityName="Savigny" baseAuthorityYear="1816" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="saturnium">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4FA0FE5F33C9FE1A" box="[504,650,420,445]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. saturnium</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC823AD4A4CC4FE5831F9FE79" author="Savigny, J." pageId="10" pageNumber="78" refId="ref11994" refString="Savigny, J., 1816. Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Savigny, J. - C., 1816. Seconde Partie." type="book" year="1816">Savigny, 1816</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
is grouped with
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4F23FE3F3367FE7A" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[379,548,451,477]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4F23FE3F3367FE7A" box="[379,548,451,477]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4C6AFE3F33E5FE7A" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1952" box="[562,678,451,477]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4C6AFE3F33E5FE7A" box="[562,678,451,477]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. indicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is characterized by zooids having an enlarged languet with a small protuberance at its end (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC823AD4A4FB9FDF833DBFDB9" author="Sebastian, V. O." box="[481,664,515,542]" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" pagination="18 - 23" refId="ref12059" refString="Sebastian, V. O., 1954. On Polyclinum indicum, a new ascidian from the Madras coast of India. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 44 (1), 18 - 23." type="journal article" year="1954">Sebastian, 1954</bibRefCitation>
) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC823AD4A4CEAFDF8301BFD9A" author="Erulan, V. &amp; Ananthan, G." pageId="10" pageNumber="78" pagination="279 - 281" refId="ref9761" refString="Erulan, V., Ananthan, G., 2009. On the occurrence of a colonial ascidian, Polyclinum indicum (Sebastian, 1952) in Vellar Estuary, Parangipettai (Southeast Coast of India). Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 4 (4), 279 - 281." type="journal article" year="2009">Erulan &amp; Ananthan, 2009</bibRefCitation>
). The specific name
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4C1EFDDF33FEFD9A" authorityName="Sebastian" authorityYear="1952" box="[582,701,547,573]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4C1EFDDF33FEFD9A" box="[582,701,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. indicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is no longer accepted, since it was revised by
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC823AD4A4C11FDB833B9FDFA" author="Brunetti, R." box="[585,762,579,605]" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" pagination="67 - 68" refId="ref9325" refString="Brunetti, R., 2007. Nomenclatural Acts: homonymy in the Ascidiacea (Tunicata) and proposed nomina nova. Zootaxa, 1613, 67 - 68." type="journal article" year="2007">Brunetti (2007)</bibRefCitation>
, who proposed
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4F7FFD9F30F5FDDA" authorityName=", Brunetti" authorityYear="2007" box="[295,438,611,637]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sebastiani">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4F7FFD9F30F5FDDA" box="[295,438,611,637]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. sebastiani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as nomen novum.
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4CD1FD9F31E0FD3A" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. saturnium</emphasis>
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has colonies coated with sand, a denticulated atrial lip, only 8-12 rows of stigmata and a bilobed anus (
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).
</paragraph>
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Lastly, the absence/presence of sand is not reported for
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4EF6FCFF3007FCBA" box="[174,324,771,797]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. hesperium</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4C53FCFF33F0FCBA" box="[523,691,771,797]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. meridianum</emphasis>
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Sluiter 1900,
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4EB2FCDF3031FC9A" box="[234,370,803,829]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. sibiricum</emphasis>
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, or
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4C2FFCDF3067FCFA" authority="(Sluiter, 1913)" baseAuthorityName="Sluiter" baseAuthorityYear="1913" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tralaticia">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4C2FFCDF33BDFC9A" box="[631,766,803,829]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. tralaticia</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4F76FCBF30FEFCFA" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[302,445,835,861]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hesperium">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4F76FCBF30FEFCFA" box="[302,445,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. hesperium</emphasis>
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is a poorly described species collected by
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC823AD4A4F48FC9830FEFCD9" author="Savigny, J." box="[272,445,867,894]" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" refId="ref11994" refString="Savigny, J., 1816. Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Savigny, J. - C., 1816. Seconde Partie." type="book" year="1816">Savigny (1816)</bibRefCitation>
in the Suez gulf and then by
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in the Red Sea, which is characterized by 18-20 row of stigmata. The
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4F81FC5F3338FC1A" authorityName="Sluiter" authorityYear="1900" box="[473,635,931,957]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meridianum">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4F81FC5F3338FC1A" box="[473,635,931,957]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. meridianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
description is only based on its original description (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC823AD4A4C02FC3833B1FC7A" author="Sluiter, C. P." box="[602,754,963,989]" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" pagination="1 - 35" refId="ref12195" refString="Sluiter, C. P., 1900. Tunicaten aus dem stillen Ocean. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. Zoologische Jahrbucher, 13, 1 - 35." type="journal article" year="1900">Sluiter, 1900</bibRefCitation>
), reporting colonies with a poorly developed tunic, a trilobed atrial languet and 9 rows of stigmata.
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4C20FBFF33BCFBBA" box="[632,767,1027,1053]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. sibiricum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has systems of 8-10 zooids with 12 rows of stigmata and 15 stigmata per half-row (
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).
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4C24FBBF33BDFBFA" baseAuthorityName="Sluiter" baseAuthorityYear="1913" box="[636,766,1091,1117]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tralaticia">
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4C24FBBF33BDFBFA" box="[636,766,1091,1117]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. tralaticia</emphasis>
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has 10 rows of stigmata with 10-12 stigmata per half-row and no branchial papillae on transverse vessels (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC823AD4A4CF4FB7831FFFB1A" author="Sluiter, C. P." pageId="10" pageNumber="78" pagination="63 - 78" refId="ref12226" refString="Sluiter, C. P., 1913. Ascidien von den Aru-Inseln. Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 3 (1), 63 - 78." type="journal article" year="1913">Sluiter, 1913</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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According to the key to species in
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,
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4CF5FB3F31A4FB5A" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. constellatum</emphasis>
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is close to the co-generic species
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4C20FB1F33B4FB5A" box="[632,759,1251,1277]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. johnsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4ED8FAFF31B7FABA" box="[128,244,1283,1309]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. planum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4F6AFAFF308DFABA" box="[306,462,1283,1309]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D4EC823AD4A4F6AFAFF3089FABA" authorityName="Savigny" authorityYear="1816" box="[306,458,1283,1309]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Polyclinidae" genus="Polyclinum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aplousobranchia" pageId="10" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hesperium">P. hesperium</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
However,
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4C08FAFF33BDFABA" box="[592,766,1283,1309]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. constellatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a slightly different number of stigmata per half-row compared to those of
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4F2FFABF30A4FAFA" box="[375,487,1347,1373]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. planum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4C47FABF33DFFAFA" box="[543,668,1347,1373]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. johnsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and less rows of stigmata compared to those of
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4C39FA9F33BBFADA" box="[609,760,1379,1405]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. hesperium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Moreover,
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4EA5FA7F3039FA3A" box="[253,378,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. johnsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which has only been collected at a depth of
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is characterized by transverse vessels bearing long papillae with an orange-yellow opaque pigment, as well as short wide dorsal languets (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B3CC823AD4A4B43FF383289FF59" author="Monniot, C. &amp; Monniot, F." pageId="10" pageNumber="78" pagination="14 - 32" refId="ref11207" refString="Monniot, C., Monniot, F., 1989. Ascidians collected around the Galapagos islands using the Johnson-Sea-Link research submersible. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102 (1), 14 - 32" type="journal article" year="1989">Monniot &amp; Monniot, 1989</bibRefCitation>
), while
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<emphasis id="B91EEADFC823AD4A4A7DFF1F35D6FF5A" box="[1061,1173,227,253]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="78">P. planum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is characterized by the pedunculated shape of the colony (
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Name, 1945).
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