Synoicum pulmonaria

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Synoicum pulmonaria:
Synoicum pulmonaria: In the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, the species Synoicum pulmonaria and its closely related taxa are known from very few collections.

We know only one collection in our area: a specimen collected in Whiting Harbor in April 2011 falls under that species, but it may be re-assigned to an as-yet undescribed taxon if the genus is revised.

Macroscopically, this Ascidian colony is globulous, about 3.5 centimeters tall and five centimeters across, with a short wide base. The tunic is transluccent and light orange, and the zooids a more intense reddish orange, and organized in systems of about seven zooids with a communal central excurrent siphon.





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