Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883

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

Polycarpa spongiabilis Traustedt, 1883

Material examined.

CAGoM-0022, Arn 2, 6 m, 19-03- 2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0448, Arc 10, 4 m, 26-08-2016, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.

Remarks.

Amphipods were found between folds of the pharynx of P. spongiabilis (two males of Leucothoe wuriti Thomas & Klebba, 2007).

Global distribution.

United States ( Van Name 1921, 1945; Plough 1978), Bermuda ( Verrill 1900; Van Name 1902, 1945; Gravier 1955; Monniot 1972), Cuba (Hernandez 1990), Jamaica ( Sluiter 1898; Goodbody 1993), Puerto Rico ( Van Name 1921, 1930), St. Thomas ( Traustedt 1883), Guadeloupe ( Gravier 1955; Monniot 1983b), Martinique ( Monniot 2018b), Belize ( Goodbody 2000), Panamá ( Collin et al. 2005; Rocha et al. 2005), Curaçao ( Sluiter 1898; Goodbody 1984), Venezuela ( Sluiter 1898; Goodbody 1984; Rocha et al. 2010), Tobago ( Cole 2012), Guyana (Millar 1978), Brazil ( Rodrigues 1962; Millar 1977; Rocha and Kremer 2005).