Polycarpa papillata ( Sluiter, 1885 )

Kott, Patricia, 2006, Observations on non-didemnid ascidians from Australian waters (1), Journal of Natural History 40 (3 - 4), pp. 169-234 : 218

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930600621601
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7223053
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/011D87C1-FFC1-CD70-1FBF-FE18E1A0FC50
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Polycarpa papillata ( Sluiter, 1885 )
status

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Polycarpa papillata ( Sluiter, 1885) View in CoL

Styela (Polycarpa) papillata Sluiter 1885, p 192 View in CoL .

Polycarpa papillata: Kott 1985, p 184 View in CoL and synonymy.

Distribution

Previously recorded (see Kott 1985): the species has been recorded from all around the Australian continent, Indonesia, the western Pacific and Madagascar. New record: Tasmanian Canyons (King I. Canyon, 249 m).

Remarks

The species characteristically ejects its gut, including the pharynx, through the atrial siphon when collected. Despite variations, its general body shape, with short cylindrical siphons separated by half the body length, help to distinguish it, as does its white test with strips of pink-red colour.

The species has a wide range through the Indo-West Pacific. The new record from the Tasmanian Canyons represents the most southerly location yet reported.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Ascidiacea
Order	Stolidobranchia
Family	Styelidae
Genus	Polycarpa