Ascidiacea source details
| SourceID | 154023 |
| Name | Hirose H, Hirose M (2011) A new didemnid ascidian Lissoclinum midui sp. nov. from Kumekija Island (Okinawa, Japan), with remarks on the absence of a common cloacal system and the presence of an unknown organ. Zoological Science 28: 462-468 |
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Publication | | Abstract | A new photosymbiotic didemnid, Lissoclinum midui sp. nov., is described from coral reefs in the
Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Colonies of the didemnid are green due to Prochloron algal symbionts,
which are distributed solely in the tunic. The new species is placed in Lissoclinum because of its
uncoiled vas deferens and the presence of globular spicules. However, two unique characters distinguish
this species from all other didemnid ascidians: the absence of a common cloacal system,
and the presence of an unknown organ in the bottom wall of the branchial sac. In the phylogenetic
trees inferred from partial sequences of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, the new species
diverged at the basal point of the clade of four photosymbiotic Lissoclinum species analyzed
here.
Key words: coral reefs, Didemnidae, photosymbiosis, Prochloron, seasonal reproduction |
Taxa
(2) | Lissoclinum midui Hirose & Hirose, 2011 (original description)
Lissoclinum midui Hirose & Hirose, 2011 (basis of record)
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