Polysyncraton amethysteum Van Name, 1902

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

Polysyncraton amethysteum Van Name, 1902 Fig. 3K

Material examined.

CAGoM-0158, Lar 2, 9 m, 07-10-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez; CAGoM-0118, B10, 9 m, 17-06-2015, leg. L. Palomino-Alvarez.

Remarks.

Colony found on corals and rocks. Orange zooids when alive and in preservation.

Global distribution.

United States ( Van Name 1921), Bermuda ( Van Name 1902, 1921, 1945), Puerto Rico ( Van Name 1945), Guadeloupe ( Gravier 1955), Martinique ( Gravier 1955); Colombia ( Van Name 1945), French Guiana ( Monniot 2016), Brazil ( Millar 1958, 1977; Rodrigues and Rocha 1993; Rocha et al. 2005; Rocha and Kremer 2005), Cape Verde ( Monniot and Monniot 1967), Senegal ( Pérès 1948, 1949), Ghana ( Millar 1953), Tunisia ( Pérès 1954).