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<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33AAB4FF49CF9ADFE134333" bold="true" box="[151,496,1575,1601]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="42">Bostrichobranchus crosnieri</emphasis>
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.
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, west of cape Barbas,
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. (The depth is doubful as in many cases for the stations of the “Talisman” cruise, the internal labels:
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differ from the board list:
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S3 BOS 6.
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All specimens are of about the same size
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in length, colorless in formalin, particularly soft and consequently shapeless, embedded in a gelatinous thin tunic. They are not incrusted with sand but some particles adhere to the sticky tunic and fill the digestive tract. Amphipods inhabit some specimens. The body is easily seen through the transparent tunic.
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The siphons are in apical position, widely open (
<figureCitation id="13712A53A33AAB4FF70CF850FCA94286" box="[775,842,2010,2036]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="1.[151,255,1964,1988]" captionTargetBox="[368,1257,601,1933]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[294,1295,579,1955]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 1. Bostrichobranchus crosnieri n. sp. A, B, right and left sides of a body without tunic, scale bar = 2 cm; C, meshes of the branchial tissue." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181567/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="42">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
A,B). The oral one is directed towards the ventral side, its rim partially damaged in all specimens. Four lobes are seen at the edge of the cloacal siphon in one animal. Both siphons have a long funnel of invaginated tunic. Even when the tunic is partially torn, the body remains in good condition. Its general shape is elongate, wider in the posterior part (
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A,B). It does not seem contracted. The body wall is particularly thin and transparent with a musculature made of spaced long fibres (
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A,B, 2B,3A). On the siphons, circular muscles are not branched and do not form a true sphincter; they are crossed by a few longitudinal short fibres. Around the body, circular muscles are irregularly spaced and sparsely branched (
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A,B). On each side there is a narrow longitudinal musculature composed of a single ribbon of 8 to 10 fibres, starting from the peripharyngeal band (
<figureCitation id="13712A53A33BAB4EF7D6FE3AFBCA44B8" box="[989,1065,432,458]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,255,1558,1582]" captionTargetBox="[336,1245,220,1506]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[316,1271,194,1534]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Bostrichobranchus crosnieri n. sp. A, body dissected along the ventral line, branchial sac removed, stained with hemalum; B, right side of a specimen devoid of tunic to show the gonad in transparency; C, whole branchial tissue removed from the body and stained with hemalum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181568/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="43">Figs 2</figureCitation>
A, 3A), they extend posteriorly remaining parallel along most of their length, fanning out at the posterior end of the body. This ribbon lies in the middle of each body side.
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<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33BAB4EF49CF826FEF842B6" bold="true" box="[151,283,1964,1988]" pageId="1" pageNumber="43">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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A, B, right and left sides of a body without tunic, scale bar = 2cm; C, meshes of the branchial tissue.
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<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A338AB4DF49CF99CFEF9435C" bold="true" box="[151,282,1558,1582]" pageId="2" pageNumber="44">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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A, body dissected along the ventral line, branchial sac removed, stained with hemalum; B, right side of a specimen devoid of tunic to show the gonad in transparency; C, whole branchial tissue removed from the body and stained with hemalum.
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About 12 widely separated oral tentacles (
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A, 3A), stout with short branches, are located above a low membrane. They are unequal in length but there is not a definite pattern in the arrangement of the sizes (in the specimens where they can be observed). The peripharyngeal band has 2 crests and is not dorsally curved. The dorsal tubercle is flat, C-shaped, opened towards the right (
<figureCitation id="13712A53A338AB4DF776F893FC2B4241" box="[893,968,1817,1843]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,255,1817,1841]" captionTargetBox="[339,1250,484,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[323,1264,456,1810]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Bostrichobranchus crosnieri n. sp. A dissected body, branchial sac removed; B, detail of a part of the gonad with testis rosettes; C, neural area with a tentacle. Scale bars: A = 10 mm; B = O. 4 mm; C = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181569/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="44">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
C). The dorsal lamina, smooth edged, increases in height posteriorly (
<figureCitation id="13712A53A338AB4DF60CF8CBFDAD4229" box="[519,590,1857,1883]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,255,1558,1582]" captionTargetBox="[336,1245,220,1506]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[316,1271,194,1534]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Bostrichobranchus crosnieri n. sp. A, body dissected along the ventral line, branchial sac removed, stained with hemalum; B, right side of a specimen devoid of tunic to show the gonad in transparency; C, whole branchial tissue removed from the body and stained with hemalum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181568/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="44">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C).
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The branchial tissue is thin with an imperforated band along each side of the endostyle. There are 7 longitudinal vessels in high blades on each side (
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C), prolonged a short distance anterior to the stigmata. Five wide transverse vessels delimit square meshes (
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C). The stigmata are more or less numerous in a mesh, irregular in size and disposition (
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C). They are made of a double spiral protruding in a cone for the largest. Parastigmatic vessels form an irregular web in a mesh (
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C).
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The digestive loop (
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A, 3A) occupies half of the left side. In all specimens it is full of material. The oesophagus is short, not distinct from the stomach. There are small hepatic papillae on the external side of the stomach. No folds have been detected on the stomach wall. The intestine is wide, it extends in a long primary closed loop, and forms a secondary wide loop. The gaping anus opens with a smooth rim. The base of the rectum is attached to the stomach.
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<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A339AB4CF49CF893FEFA4243" bold="true" box="[151,281,1817,1841]" pageId="3" pageNumber="45">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A339AB4CF52BF893FDB34242" box="[288,592,1817,1840]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="45">Bostrichobranchus crosnieri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A339AB4CF653F893FD6E4243" bold="true" box="[600,653,1817,1841]" pageId="3" pageNumber="45">n.sp.</emphasis>
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A dissected body, branchial sac removed; B, detail of a part of the gonad with testis rosettes; C, neural area with a tentacle. Scale bars: A = 10mm; B = O.4mm; C = 0.5mm.
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There is a single tubular gonad in a ventral position on the right side (
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A, B; 3A). The long ovary forms a half-circle along the posterior ventral line and joins the base of the rectum to which it is attached. The testis comprises a long series of lobules arranged in successive rosettes along the internal side of the ovary (
<figureCitation id="13712A53A33EAB4BF494FF4AFF0745A8" box="[159,228,192,218]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,255,1817,1841]" captionTargetBox="[339,1250,484,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[323,1264,456,1810]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Bostrichobranchus crosnieri n. sp. A dissected body, branchial sac removed; B, detail of a part of the gonad with testis rosettes; C, neural area with a tentacle. Scale bars: A = 10 mm; B = O. 4 mm; C = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181569/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A,B). A short sperm duct opens internally from the centre of each rosette of testes (
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B).
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The kidney is an oval vesicle at the very posterior end of the body, against the ovary (
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A).
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<subSubSection id="C350655DA33EAB4BF4CEFE85FA764730" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BF536D6A33EAB4BF4CEFE85FD8844B8" blockId="4.[151,1436,152,898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">
<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33EAB4BF4CEFE85FEDD445B" bold="true" box="[197,318,271,297]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">Remarks.</emphasis>
The genus
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<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33EAB4BF5DAFE9AFD53445B" box="[465,688,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">Bostrichobranchus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDB4B27A33EAB4BF6B0FE9AFC954458" author="Traustedt" box="[699,886,272,298]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" refString="Traustedt, M. P. A. (1883) Vestindiske Ascidiae simplices. Anden Afdeling. Molgulidae og Cynthiadae. Aftryk af Videnskabelige meddelelser fra den natuhristoriske Forening i Kjobenhavn, 108 - 136." type="book chapter" year="1883">Traustedt, 1883</bibRefCitation>
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is characterised, among the
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by a branchial sac without folds and bispiral stigmata many of which are independent of the longitudinal vessels. The few species described until now have a gonad located inside the gut loop, on the left side, or a gonad on each side.
<taxonomicName id="4C4A4D55A33EAB4BF51FFE02FE7E44D3" box="[276,413,392,417]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Molgulidae" genus="Bostrichobranchus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pleurogona" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crosnieri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33EAB4BF51FFE02FE7E44D3" box="[276,413,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">B. crosnieri</emphasis>
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differs with a single gonad on the right side and also by the shape of this gonad and the design of the body musculature.
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A4D55A33EAB4BF4CEFE52FD214480" authority="Verrill, 1871" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1871" box="[197,706,472,498]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Molgulidae" genus="Bostrichobranchus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pleurogona" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pilularis">
<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33EAB4BF4CEFE52FDF34483" box="[197,528,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">Bostrichobranchus pilularis</emphasis>
(Verrill, 1871)
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is widely distributed in the north western Atlantic from
<collectingCountry id="F35D7646A33EAB4BF168FE52FF234768" name="Canada" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">Canada</collectingCountry>
to Florida. Many specimens of this species have been described under several names and a synonymy was established by
<bibRefCitation id="EFDB4B27A33EAB4BF54EFDA2FDF64730" box="[325,533,552,578]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" refString="Van Name, W. G. (1945) The north and south American ascidians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 84, 1 - 476." type="journal article">Van Name (1945)</bibRefCitation>
with a redescription of the species. The gonad is located inside the gut loop.
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<paragraph id="8BF536D6A33EAB4BF4CEFDDAFA9047E0" blockId="4.[151,1436,152,898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">
<taxonomicName id="4C4A4D55A33EAB4BF4CEFDDAFD5D4718" authority="Abbott, 1951" authorityName="Abbott" authorityYear="1951" box="[197,702,592,618]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Molgulidae" genus="Bostrichobranchus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pleurogona" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="digonas">
<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33EAB4BF4CEFDDAFDEC471B" box="[197,527,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">Bostrichobranchus digonas</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDB4B27A33EAB4BF617FDDAFD5D4718" author="Abbott" box="[540,702,592,618]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" refString="Abbott, D. P. (1951) Bostrichobranchus digonas, a new molgulid ascidian from Florida. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 41 (9), 302 - 308." type="journal article" year="1951">Abbott, 1951</bibRefCitation>
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described from Florida and more recently found in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFDB4B27A33EAB4BF494FDF2FED447E0" author="Rocha" box="[159,311,632,658]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" refString="Rocha, R. M. (2002) Bostrichobranchus digonas Abbott (Ascidiacea, Molgulidae) in Paranagua Bay, Parana, Brazil. A case of recent invasion? Revista Brasilera de Zoologia, 19 (supl. 1), 157 - 161." type="journal article" year="2002">Rocha, 2002</bibRefCitation>
) is closely related to
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<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33EAB4BF63BFDF2FD5747E3" box="[560,692,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">B. pilularis</emphasis>
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but has one gonad on each side, the left one in the gut loop.
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<paragraph id="8BF536D6A33EAB4BF4CEFD2AFA614790" blockId="4.[151,1436,152,898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">
<taxonomicName id="4C4A4D55A33EAB4BF4CEFD2AFD3E47C8" authority="Monniot C., 1978" authorityName="Monniot C." authorityYear="1978" box="[197,733,672,698]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Molgulidae" genus="Bostrichobranchus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pleurogona" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="septum">
<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33EAB4BF4CEFD2AFDE347CB" box="[197,512,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">Bostrichobranchus septum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDB4B27A33EAB4BF602FD2AFD3E47C8" author="Monniot" box="[521,733,672,698]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" refString="Monniot, C. (1978) Ascidies phlebobranches et stolidobranches du sud de l'ocean Indien. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique, Paris, 54 (2), 171 - 224." type="journal article" year="1978">Monniot C., 1978</bibRefCitation>
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was collected south of Kerguelen, in the Indian Ocean. Of very small size, it has 6 longitudinal branchial vessels on each side and one gonad on each side of the body.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF536D6A33EAB4BF4CEFD7AFF0146F0" blockId="4.[151,1436,152,898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">
<bibRefCitation id="EFDB4B27A33EAB4BF4CEFD7AFEB14678" author="Kott" box="[197,338,752,778]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" refString="Kott, P. (1985) The Australian Ascidiacea part 1. Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 23, 1 - 440." type="journal article" year="1985">Kott (1985)</bibRefCitation>
includes the genus
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<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33EAB4BF64EFD7AFCC7467B" box="[581,804,752,777]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">Bostrichobranchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
into the large genus
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<emphasis id="B93EEAC4A33EAB4BF02CFD7AFB9E467B" box="[1063,1149,752,777]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="46">Eugyra</emphasis>
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. In the latter, the spiral infundibula are regularly centred under the longitudinal vessels which are not grouped in folds. Following
<bibRefCitation id="EFDB4B27A33EAB4BF49CFCCAFEDA4628" author="Rocha" box="[151,313,832,858]" pageId="4" pageNumber="46" refString="Rocha, R. M. (2002) Bostrichobranchus digonas Abbott (Ascidiacea, Molgulidae) in Paranagua Bay, Parana, Brazil. A case of recent invasion? Revista Brasilera de Zoologia, 19 (supl. 1), 157 - 161." type="journal article" year="2002">Rocha (2002)</bibRefCitation>
we prefer to separate both genera which represent another evolutionary stage of the branchial tissue.
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