Polysyncraton (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae): a re-examination of some specimens and descriptions of three new species

  • Livia M. Oliveira Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados Marinhos, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba
  • Bert W. Hoeksema Department of Taxonomy and Systematics, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden
  • Rosana M. Rocha Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados Marinhos, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.519
Keywords: ascidian, biodiversity, COI, taxonomy, Tunicata

Abstract

Polysyncraton Nott, 1892 is the second largest genus of didemnid ascidians; it has a wide distribution ranging from temperate to tropical waters. Seventy-one specimens of Polysyncraton from eight museum collections and recently collected samples were analyzed. This resulted in the description of three new species (P. cabofriense Oliveira & Rocha sp. nov. from Brazil, P. globosum Oliveira & Rocha sp. nov. from Australia and P. snelliusi Oliveira & Rocha sp. nov. from Suriname) and emended descriptions of three further species (P. amethysteum (Van Name, 1902), P. magnilarvum (Millar, 1962) and P. purou C. Monniot & F. Monniot, 1987).

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2019-04-23
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Oliveira, L. M., Hoeksema, B. W., & Rocha, R. M. (2019). Polysyncraton (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae): a re-examination of some specimens and descriptions of three new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, (519). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.519
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