Deep-sea ascidians from the eastern Pacific collected during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program

Six species of solitary ascidian are recorded from 1335-6489 m off the coast of northern Peru. They confirm the wide distribution of species from abyssal basins. Variations occur in the previously described morphology, and in Dicopia hians suggest a relationship with the Corellidae.

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Published inJournal of natural history Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 1427 - 1435
Main Author Millar, R.H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Taylor & Francis Group 01.10.1988
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Ascidiacea
Biological and medical sciences
Deep-sea
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Invertebrates
Less representative or incertae sedis groups: acanthocephala, chaetognatha, gnathostomulida, lophophoria, merostomata, mesozoa, myxozoa, nematorhyncha, pararthropoda, placozoa, priapuloidea, prochordata, pycnogonida, rotifera
Marine
ISE, Peru
South America
Taxonomy
Prochordata
Deep water
East Pacific
Coastal zone
Urochordata
Marine environment
Faunal survey
Geographic distribution
Morphology
America
Pacific Ocean
Diagnosis
Invertebrata
Peru
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Summary:Six species of solitary ascidian are recorded from 1335-6489 m off the coast of northern Peru. They confirm the wide distribution of species from abyssal basins. Variations occur in the previously described morphology, and in Dicopia hians suggest a relationship with the Corellidae.
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ISSN:0022-2933
1464-5262
DOI:10.1080/00222938800770851