Ecteinascidia thurstoni Herdman 1890
- Dataset
- Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Ascidiacea
- order
- Enterogona
- family
- Perophoridae
- genus
- Ecteinascidia
- species
- Ecteinascidia thurstoni
description
Figure 6 E Elongate zooids usually pale orange in color, both siphons short, close together at anterior end of body. Orange band around siphons, blue spots in life between the siphons. # 2640, longest zooid 10 mm. Orange band around siphons, blue spots in life, not visible in fixed zooids. No orange spots scattered on body wall as in # 4613. Sixteen rows of stigmata on right, 17 rows on left. About 50 oral tentacles. Cluster of poorly developed testes in curve of gut in some zooids. # 4613, zooids 6 mm in length; a few scattered orange spots on body wall visible through the transparent tunic. Seven oral lobes, six atrial lobes. Sixteen rows of stigmata on right, 15 – 16 on left (posterior-most row is dividing). A cluster of immature testes in curve of gut. Distribution: Sri Lanka, Australia, Bahrain, Thailand, South Africa, Red Sea, Israel (Mediterranean). Detailed descriptions with illustrations: Kott (1985), Monniot C. & Monniot F. (1997). Other references: Monniot C. et al. (2001), Gab – Alla (2008), Chavanich et al. (2009), Shenkar & Loya (2009).
Name
- Homonyms
- Ecteinascidia thurstoni Herdman 1890