Pigmentation and acid storage in the tunic: Protective functions of the tunic cells in the tropical ascidian Phallusia nigra

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 414-422

  Hirose, Euichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti fouling; Anti predation; Light; Phagocytosis; Pigment granules; Protection

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIA NIGRA; ASCIDIACEA; PHALLUSIA;

EID: 0033476095     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227010     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Bingham BI & Reyns NB 1999. Ultraviolet radiation and distribution of the solitary ascidian Corella inflata (Huntsman). Biol. Bull. 196: 94-104.
2. Burighel P, Milanesi C, & Sabbadin A 1983. Blood cell ultrastructure of the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri L. II. Pigment cells. Acta Zool. (Stockh.) 64: 15-23.
3. Chiba K, Hoshi M, Isobe M, & Hirose E 1998. Bioluminescence in the tunic of the colonial ascidian Clavelina miniata: Identification of luminous cells in vitro. J. Exp. Zool. 281: 546-553.
4. De Leo G, Patricolo E, & Frittita G 1981. Fine structure of the tunic of Ciona intestinalis L. II. Tunic morphology, cell distribution, and their functional importance. Acta Zool. (Stockh.) 62: 259-271.
5. Endean R 1961. The test of ascidian Phallusia mammillata. Quart. J. Micr. Sci. 102: 107-117.
6. Goodbody I. 1962. The biology of Ascidia nigra (Savigny) I. Survival and mortality in an adult population. Biol. Bull. 122: 40-50.
7. _ 1974. The physiology of ascidians. Adv. Mar. Biol. 12: 1-149.
8. Hecht S 1918. The physiology of Ascidia atra Lesueur. I. General physiology. J. Exp. Zool. 15: 229-259.
9. Hirose E & Ishii T 1995. Microfilament contraction promotes rounding of tunic slices: An integumentary defense system in the colonial ascidian Aplidium yamazii. Biol. Bull. 189: 29-35.
10. Hirose E, Ishii T, Saito Y, & Taneda Y 1994. Phagocytic activity of tunic cells in the compound ascidian Aplidium yamazii (Polyclinidae, Aplousobranchia). Zool. Sci. (Tokyo) 11: 203-208.
11. Hirose E, Maruyama T, Cheng L, & Lewin RA 1996. Intracellular symbiosis of a photosynthetic prokaryote, Prochloron sp., in a colonial ascidian. Invertebr. Biol. 115: 343-348.
12. Hirose E, Saito Y, & Watanabe H 1997. Subcuticular rejection: An advanced mode of the allogeneic rejection reaction in the compound ascidians, Botrylloides simodensis and B. fuscus. Biol. Bull. 192: 53-61.
13. Hirose E, Yoshida T, Akiyama T, Ito S, & Iwanami Y 1998. Pigment cells representing polychromatic colony color in Botrylloides simodensis (Ascidiacea, Urochordata): Cell morphology and pigment substances. Zool. Sci. (Tokyo) 15: 489-497.
14. Jokiel PL 1980. Solar ultraviolet radiation and coral reef epifauna. Science 207: 1069-1071.
15. Mackie GO & Singla CL 1987. Impulse propagation and contraction in the tunic of a compound ascidian. Biol. Bull. 173: 188-204.
16. Michibata H 1989. New aspects of accumulation and reduction of vanadium ions in ascidian, based on concerted investigation from both a chemical and biological view point. Zool. Sci. (Tokyo) 6: 639-647.
17. Parry DL 1984. Chemical properties of the test of ascidians in relation to predation. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 17: 279-282.
18. Stiévenart J 1970. Recherches histologiques sur la tunique de deux ascidiaces phlebobranches: Ascidiella aspersa Müll. et Phallusia mammillata Cuv. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Belg. 100: 139-157.
19. Stoecker D 1978. Resistance of a tunicate to fouling. Biol. Bull. 155: 615-626.
20. _ 1980a. Relationships between chemical defense and ecology in benthic ascidians. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 3: 257-265.
21. _ 1980b. Distribution of acid and vanadium in Rhopalaea birkelandi Tokioka. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 48: 277-281.
22. _ 1980c. Chemical defences of ascidians against predators. Ecology 61: 1327-1334.