Polycarpa aurita

Figure 9 D # 4653, two small specimens, larger one 3.6 cm in height to tip of oral siphon. Tunic off-white to light tan, irregularly furrowed and lumpy, covered with sediment and epibionts. Narrow red line around rim of both siphons, black stripes on outside of siphons and white striping on the inside. Oral siphon at anterior end, atrial siphon posterior, about one third of the body length. Thick branchial trabeculae strongly anchor the branchial sac to the body wall. Distribution: China, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Japan, New Caledonia, Truk, Australia, Arabia, Guam, Hawaii, Belize (introduced). References with detailed descriptions and illustrations: Kott (1985), Monniot C. (1987 b), Nishikawa (1991), Abbott et al. (1997), Lee et al. (2013). Other references: Nishikawa (1984), Kott (1990), Lambert (2003), Rocha et al. (2012), Lee et al. (2016).