Cyclosalpa pinnata (Forskal, 1775)

Franco, P., Dahms, H. - U., Lo, W. - T. & Hwang, J. - S., 2017, Pelagic tunicates in the China Seas, Journal of Natural History 51 (15 - 16), pp. 917-936 : 933

Cyclosalpa pinnata

Morphology

Solitary zooids up to 75 mm long with body muscles interrupted dorsally. Dorsal longitudinal muscles are absent. Five pairs of light organs present between MI and MVI. Aggregated zooids measure up to 64 mm in length. Body muscles are symmetrically arranged. MI and MII are fused dorsally; MIII and MIV are not contiguous dorsally but converge (authors’ personal observations; Marine Species Identification Portal 2017).

Biogeography

Records in the North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean (WoRMS Editorial Board 2017).