Eudistoma okai

Eudistoma okai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplousobranchia
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: Aplousobranchia

Familia: Polycitoridae
Genus: Eudistoma
Species: Eudistoma okai

Name

Eudistoma okai Sanamyan, 2022

replacement name for: Distoma parvum Oka, 1927

Etymology: named after Asajiro Oka.

Synonymy

• Distoma parvum Oka, 1927: 497, fig. 958.
  • Type locality: Japan, Sagamy Bay.
  • Syntypes: NSMT-Pc 7486; NSMT-Pc 7487.
  • Junior homonym of Distoma parva Sluiter, 1900, replaced by Eudistoma okai
• Euistoma parvum (Oka, 1927) Tokioka, 1953: 15; — Tokioka, 1954: 72–73, pl. 4 figs G–J; — Sanamyan, 1993: 167–168, fig. 3A.
  • Junior homonym of Distoma parva Sluiter, 1900, replaced by Eudistoma okai
• Eudistoma okai Sanamyan, 2022: 279; — Nishikawa, Tanigawa & Namikawa, 2024: 2–6, figs. 1–2.

References

• Nishikawa, T., Tanigawa, S., Namikawa, H. 2024. Taxonomy of Eudistoma okai (Urochordata: Ascidiacea) Inhabiting the Pacific Coast of Japan, with a Revised Description of Larvae. Species Diversity. 29(1): 1–7. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.1 . Reference page. 
• Sanamyan, K.E. 2022. Northwestern Pacific ascidians (Tunicata: Ascidiacea). Part 1. Order Aplousobranchia. Invertebrate Zoology. 19(3): 199–294. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.19.3.01 . Reference page. 

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