Botrylloides magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912)

A. Palomino-Alvarez, Lilian, Moreira Rocha, Rosana & Simoes, Nuno, 2019, Checklist of ascidians (Chordata, Tunicata) from the southern Gulf of Mexico, ZooKeys 832, pp. 1-33 : 1

Botrylloides magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912) Fig. 4P

Material examined.

CAGoM-0125, B10, 11 m, 17-06-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.

Remarks.

This is the first record of B. magnicoecus in the Gulf of Mexico. General characteristics agree with descriptions by Brunetti (2010), but caecum size in the Mexico specimens is larger.

Global distribution.

According to Brunetti (2010) the records from South Africa have characteristics in agreement with the type and are trustful ( Michaelsen 1934; Millar 1955). Recently a new record from French Guiana ( Monniot 2016) has been published. A more detailed study of the species in the type locality should be performed to permit the revision of other records in the Atlantic (Guadeloupe - Monniot 1983b, Belize - Goodbody 2004).