Fritillaria formica subsp. digitata Lohmann
- Dataset
- Pelagic tunicates (Appendicularia and Thaliacea) of Sri Lanka: two first records with an annotated checklist
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Liliopsida
- order
- Liliales
- family
- Liliaceae
- genus
- Fritillaria
description
Description. Trunk 1 – 2 mm long and strongly bent upwards in the digestive nucleus region. Mouth with upper and lower lips; the median lobe of the upper lip short and provided anteriorly with two finger-shaped bulges. Spiracles are small and circular. The ciliated spiraclular rings do not contact the mid-ventral line. Axis of the alimentary tract longitudinal. The posterior margin of the oikoplastic layer is extended to the stomach. Testis is more or less conical with circular angles in mature specimens. The distal extremity of the tail acuminate. Global distribution. The Antarctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea (Fenaux et al. 1998). Type locality: Madeira, NE Atlantic Ocean.
materials_examined
Material examined. Eleven specimens (MDAFWU 2020 / 373 – 383), St. 205, January 2020.