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Polycarpa olitoria

Polycarpa olitoria

(Sluiter, 1890)

GBIF:179906404

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Figure 10 B, C # 0154, 5 cm in length. About eight stigmata per mesh. Circular and longitudinal muscles extend all the way to the posterior end on both sides. Stomach folds long and sinuous as described by Kott (1985). Ten rectal lobes, long and fingerlike. Thirteen gonads on the left all anterior to the gut, 24 on the right. # 0171, thin red line around edge of siphons, more noticeable when body removed from tunic. Small siphonal spines visible, as described by Kott (1985). Long thin atrial tentacles at base of atrial siphon. Missing branchial sac and gut. # 4645, 3 cm long. Gonads not fully mature. # 4646, two pale reddish specimens, larger one 5 cm in length. Atrial siphon about halfway to posterior end. Small siphonal spines visible. Short peduncle at posterior end of body visible only when removed from tunic. Distribution: Australia, Indonesia, Singapore. References: Kott (1985), Monniot C. (2002 in discussion of P. madagascariensis), Lee et al. (2013 for details on differences from Kott’s 1985 description; 2016).
Lambert, Gretchen, Lee, Serina Siew-Chen, Teo, Serena Lay-Ming (2021): Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop. Zootaxa 4933 (1): 1-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.1.1

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FIGURE 10. A: Polycarpa captiosa dorsal ganglion; B, C: Polycarpa cf. olitoria. B: right side in tunic, 5 cm in length; C: left side removed from tunic showing row of gonads. D: Polycarpa papillata right side, 7 cm in length; E: Styela canopus siphonal scales 15 µm in length; F, G: Symplegma brakenhielmi. F: live colony; G: single preserved zooid from same colony, 3 mm in length.

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Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lambert, Gretchen, Lee, Serina Siew-Chen, Teo, Serena Lay-Ming (2021): Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop. Zootaxa 4933 (1): 1-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.1.1

Abstract

During the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop, hundreds of ascidians were collected along with numerous other marine phyla. Collections were made intertidally as well as subtidally by snorkel, SCUBA, trawling and dredging. While many ascidian specimens remain unidentified, 14 aplousobranchs, nine phlebobranchs and 17 stolidobranchs have been identified; a surprising 50% of these comprise 20 new records for Singapore. An additional new record of the phlebobranch Perophora namei collected from the same area in 2014 and 2015 is included here. Of the 21 new records, Aplidium cf. grisiatum, Distaplia regina, Euherdmania cf. digitata, Cnemidocarpa irene, Monandrocarpa monotestis and Polyandrocarpa rollandi are also first records for the entire South China Sea region.

Lambert G, Lee S S, Teo S L, plazi (2021). Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4933.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 2/18/2021View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
179906404
Dataset Key
8ebe62fc-b086-459e-b9fd-8a75ded875c7
Origin
source
Backbone Key
5200870
Taxon ID
BB593765FFB1E729FF6CFBFEFD2DF9ED.taxon
Last Crawled
6/10/2026
Last Interpreted
6/10/2026