Ecteinascidia styeloides (Traustedt, 1882)

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

Ecteinascidia styeloides (Traustedt, 1882) Fig. 2C

Material examined.

CAGoM-0441, Arc 9, 9 m, 27-08-2016, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0442, CAGoM-0444, Bajo 10 Reef, Yucatán, B10, 7 m, 19-10-2016, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.

Remarks.

Colonies of many individuals and many sizes were found on seaweed and under rocks.

Global distribution.

Jamaica (Goodbody 1984, Goodbody and Cole 2006), Guadeloupe ( Monniot 1983a), Belize ( Goodbody 2004; Goodbody and Cole 2006), Panama ( Collin et al. 2005; Rocha et al. 2005), Venezuela ( Goodbody 2004; Rocha et al. 2010), Mozambique ( Monniot 1997).