Shallow-water Ascidians from Matua Island (central Kuril Islands, NW Pacific)

• Published in: Zootaxa Vol. 4232; no. 3; p. zootaxa.4232.3.1
• Main Authors: Sanamyan, Karen, Sanamyan, Nadya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand 17.02.2017
• Subjects: Animal Distribution; Animals; Islands; Pacific Ocean; Urochordata; Tunicata, Ascidiacea, Kuril Islands, Matua Island, NW Pacific

Fifteen species of ascidians were identified in the material collected at Matua Island. Two species are new, Botryllus flavus n. sp. and Distaplia matua n. sp. The first species occurs also at Kamchatka waters, while the second is probably an endemic of Kuril Islands. The genus Macrenteron Redikorze...