Ascidia paulayi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phlebobranchia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Tunicata Classis: Ascidiacea Ordo: Phlebobranchia

Familia: Ascidiidae
Genus: Ascidia
Species: Ascidia paulayi

Name

Ascidia paulayi Bonnet & Lotufo, 2015: 284

• Holotype: FLMNH UF 788, collected by S. McPherson and T.M.C. Lotufo on 10 November 2009. Paratypes: FLMNH UF 787-1, collected by S. McPherson and T.M.C. Lotufo on 10 November 2009. FLMNH UF 802-1, collected by S. McPherson, T.M.C. Lotufo and N. Gravier-Bonnet on 10 November 2009.
• Type locality: “west of Opunohu Bay, Moorea Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia (17.487° S; 149.8772° W); 5–7 m depth”.

References

Primary references

• Bonnet, N.Y.K. & Lotufo, T.M.C. 2015. Description of Ascidia paulayi sp. nov. (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae) from French Polynesia, with a discussion about the Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 group. Zootaxa 3994(2): 283–291. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.8 ResearchGate Reference page.