Perophora multiclathrata (Sluiter, 1904) NEW RECORD

Figure 6G

#2604, small colony, only a few zooids, with clear tunic, on coralline alga. Five rows of stigmata. Very weak musculature as in Kott (1985) and Monniot C. (1997b).

Wide distribution in tropical Pacific: Indonesia, Gilbert & Solomon Is., Australia, Palau, Wake, Truk, Ponape, Japan, Fiji, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Guam. Considered introduced in Caribbean and Brazil.

Detailed descriptions with illustrations: Kott (1985), Monniot C. (1997b), Goodbody (1994), Monniot F. (2009b). Other references: Monniot C. (1983a as P. formosana (Oka, 1931), 1987a), Kott (1981 as P. formosana), Nishikawa (1984, 1986, 1991), Monniot C. & Monniot F. (1987), Lambert (2003), Rocha & Kremer (2005), Rocha et al. (2005).