Taxonomic affinities of three stalked colonial species of the Ascidiacea (Tunicata) from the central coast of New South Wales and indications of a trans-Tasman connection

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 41, Issue 9-12, 2007, Pages 633-645

  Kott, Patricia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ectotrophic membranes; Endodermal tubes; Euclavella; Holozoidae; Hypsistozoa; Pseudodistomidae; Pycnoclavellidae; Sigillina; Vegetative stolon; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; SPECIES INVENTORY; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT; INDIAN OCEAN; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; PSEUDODISTOMIDAE; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 34248579407     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701248643     Document Type: Article

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