Synoicum pulmonaria
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
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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Weblinks
- WoRMS Page for Synoicum pulmonaria
- Search Arctos Database for Synoicum pulmonaria (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Synoicum pulmonaria (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Synoicum pulmonaria
- iNaturalist Observations for Synoicum pulmonaria in Southeast Alaska
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