Cnemidocarpa irene

Figure 11 Station: EXBODI: cp 3789, 10 specimens Present from shallow to bathyal bottoms C. irene is common in the New Caledonian area (Monniot F. & Monniot C. 2003; Monniot F. 2021). With a maximum size of 3.5 cm all specimens have the same mammilated tunic (Fig. 11 A) and the same internal characters. The four branchial folds are widely separated (Fig. 11 E). The gut is located posteriorly on the left side of the body (Fig. 11 D) with a plicated stomach without caecum and a lobed anus. There are two elongated gonads on each side (Fig. 11 C, D). Several foliated endocarps are scattered on both sides of the body wall (Fig. 11 D).