The tropical western Atlantic perophoridae (ascidiacea) II. The genus Ecteinascidia

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-69

  Goodbody, Ivan ^a   Cole, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FILTER FEEDER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ASCIDIACEA; ECTEINASCIDIA; ECTEINASCIDIA CONKLINI; PEROPHORIDAE;

EID: 33748086474     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (51)

1. Beneden, E. van 1887. Les genres Ecteinascidia Herdman, Rhopalea Philippi et Sluiteria n.g. Note pour servir a la classification de Tuniciers. Bull. Acad. Belg. (3) 14 (7): 19-44.
2. Berrill, N. J. 1932. Ascidians of the Bermudas. Biol. Bull. 62: 77-88.
3. _ 1950. The Tunicata. Ray Soc. Pubis. 133: 1-354.
4. Bingham, B. L. 1990. The ecology of epifaunal communities on prop roots of the red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle. Ph.D. Thesis, Florida State University, Tallahassee. 219 p.
5. Carballo, J. L. 2001. Ecteinascidia turbinata (Ascidiacea: Perophoridae) en los manglares península de Yucatán México. Rev. Biol. Trop. 48: 365-369.
6. _, A. Hernández-Zanu, S. Naranjo, B. Kukurtzu, and A. Garcia Cagide. 1999. Recovery of Ecteinascidia turbinata Herdman 1880 (Ascidiacea: Perophoridae) populations after different levels of harvesting on a sustainable basis. Bull. Mar. Sci. 65: 755-760.
7. Costa, H. R. Da. 1964. Notas sobre los Ascidiacea do litoral Brasileiro. Anais Acad. Bras. Cienc. 36: 568 p.
8. Goodbody, I. 1984a. The ascidian fauna of two contrasting lagoons in the Netherlands Antilles: Piscadera baai, Curaçao, and the Lac of Bonaire. Stud. Fauna Curaçao Carib. Isl. 67: 21-61.
9. _. 1984b. Ascidians from Caribbean shallow water localities. Stud. Fauna Curaçao Carib. Isl. 67: 62-76.
10. _. 1993a. The ascidian fauna of a Jamaican lagoon: thirty years of change. Rev. Biol. Trop., Suppl. 41: 35-38.
11. _. 1993b. Drugs from the sea - harvesting sea squirts. University of the West Indies Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mona, Newsletter Vol. 7. No.1: 14-15.
12. _. 1994. The tropical western Atlantic Perophoridae (Ascidiacea): I. The genus Perophora. Bull. Mar. Sci. 55: 176-192.
13. _. 2000. Diversity and distribution of ascidians (Tunicata) in the Pelican Cays, Belize. Atoll Res. Bull. 480: 22 p.
14. _. 2003. The ascidian fauna of Port Royal, Jamaica I. Harbor and mangrove dwelling species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 73: 457-476.
15. _. 2004. Diversity and distribution of ascidians (Tunicata) at Twin Cays, Belize. Atoll Res. Bull. 524: 23 p.
16. _ and L. Cole. 1987. A new species of Perophora (Ascidiacea) from the western Atlantic, including observations on muscle action in related species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 40: 246-254.
17. Hecht, S. 1918. The physiology of Ascidia atra Lesueur. I. General physiology. J. Exp. Zool. 25: 229-259.
18. Herdman, W. A. 1880. Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the CHALLENGER expedition. Pt. I. Ascidiacea. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 10: 458-472.
19. _. 1882. Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "CHALLENGER" during the years 1873-1876. Pt. I. Ascidiae simplices. Zool. Chall. Exp. 6: 1-296.
20. _. 1891. On the genus Ecteinascidia and its relations; with descriptions of two new species, and a classification of the family Clavelinidae. Trans. Liverp. Biol. Soc. 5: 144-163.
21. _. 1906. Report on the Tunicata. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fish. Suppl. Rep. 5: 295-348.
22. Hernandez-Zanuy, A. 1990. Lista de ascidias Cubanas. Poeyana 388: 1-7.
23. Hoyle, G. 1953. Spontaneous squirting of an ascidian. Phallusia mammillata Cuvier. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 31: 541-562.
24. Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea, part I. Phlebobranchia and stolidobranchia. Mem. Qd. Mus. 23: 1-440.
25. Lahille, F. 1890. Recherches sur les tuniciers des côtes de France. Thesis, University of Toulouse, Toulouse. 330 p., 176 figs.
26. Lefevre, G. 1897. Budding in Ecteinascidia. Anat. Anz. 13: 473-483.
27. Lesueur, C. A. 1823. Descriptions of several new species of Ascidia. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 3: 2-8.
28. MacIntyre I. G. and K. Rützler (Eds.). 2000. Natural history of the Pelican Cays, Belize. Atoll Res. Bull. 466-480: 333 p.
29. _, _, and I. C. Feller (Eds.). 2004. The Twin Cays mangrove ecosystem, Belize: biodiversity, geological history, and two decades of change. Atoll Res. Bull. 509-530: 476 p.
30. Martinez E. J., T. Owa, S. L. Schreiber, and E. J. Corey 1999. Pthalascidin, a synthetic antitumor agent with potency and mode of action comparable to Ecteinascidin 743. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96: 3496-3501.
31. Medioni, A. 1969. Redescription d'une espèce d'Ascidie: Ecteinascidia herdmani (Lahille, 1890) (=Perophoropsis herdmani Lahille, 1890). Vie et Milieu. 20(2-A): 439-446.
32. Millar, R. H. 1962. Some ascidians from the Caribbean. Stud. Fauna Curaçao Carib. Isl. 59: 61-77.
33. _. 1977. Ascidians (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from the northern and north-eastern Brazilian shelf. J. Nat. Hist. 11: 169-223.
34. _. 1978. Ascidians from the Guyana shelf. Netherl. J. Sea Res. 12: 99-106.
35. Monniot, C. 1972. Ascidies phlébobranches des Bermudes. Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris 3 Sér. No. 82, Zool. 61: 939-948.
36. _. 1974. Ascidies littorales et bathyales recoltées au cours de la Campagne Biacores: phlébobranches et stolidobranches. Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., Paris, 3 Sér. No. 251, Zool. 173: 1327-1352.
37. _. 1983. Ascidies littorale de Guadeloupe II. Phlébobranche. Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris 4 Sér., 5, A (1): 51-71.
38. Monniot, F. and C. Monniot. 1986. Ascidiacea. Pages 545-558 in W. Sterrer, ed. Marine flora and fauna of Bermuda. John Wiley & Sons.
39. Morgan, T. O. 1977. Reproduction, growth and longevity of three species of West Indian colonial ascidians. Proc. Assoc. Isld. Mar. Labs. Cbn.12: 38 (Abst).
40. Plough, H. H. and N. Jones. 1939. Ecteinascidia tortugensis, species nov. with a review of the Perophoridae (Ascidiacea) of the Tortugas. Pap. Tortugas Lab. 32: 47-60.
41. Por, F. D. and I. Dor. 1975. Ecology of the metahaline pool of Di Zahav, Gulf of Eilat with notes on the Siphonocladacea and the typology of near-shore marine pools. Mar. Biol. 29: 37-44.
42. Rinehart, K. L., T. G. Holt, N. L. Fregeau, J. G. Stroh, P. A. Keifer, F. Sun, L. H. Li, and D. G. Martin. 1990. Ecteinascidins 729, 743, 745, 759A, 759B and 770: potent antitumor agents from the Caribbean tunicate Ecteinascidia turbinata. J. Org. Chem. 55: 4512-4515.
43. Rützler K., I. Goodbody, M. C. Diaz, I. C. Feller, and I. G. Macintyre. 2004. The aquatic environment of Twin Cays, Belize. Atoll Res. Bull. 512: 49 p.
44. Sigel, M. M., L. J. McCumber, J. Hightower, S. S. Hayasaka, E. M. Huggins, and J. F. Davis. 1983. Ecteinascidia turbinata extract activates components of inflammatory responses throughout the phylogenetic spectrum. Amer. Zool. 23: 221-227.
45. Sluiter, C. P. 1904. Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Pt. I, Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. Siboga exped. 56A: 1-126.
46. Traustedt, M. P. A. 1882. Vestindiske ascidiae simplices, forste afdeling. Phallusiadae. Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren. 1881: 257-288.
47. Van Name, W. G. 1921. Ascidians of the West Indian region and southeastern United States. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 44: 283-294.
48. _. 1930. The Ascidians of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Sci. Surv. Porto Rico and Virgin Isl., New York Acad. Sci. 10: 401-512.
49. _. 1945. The North and South American ascidians. Bull Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 84: 1-476.
50. Weigmann, Fr. A. 1835. Bericht uber die Fortschritte der Zoologie Im Jahre 1834. Arch. Naturg. I. I. 3: 309-311.
51. Woodroffe, C. 1995. Mangrove vegetation of Tobacco Range and nearby ranges, central Belize Barrier Reef. Atoll Res. Bull. 427: 1-35.