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Issue: Vol. 423 No. 1: 3 Feb. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-02-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.423.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Plurellidae (Ascidiacea : Phlebobranchia) from Papua New Guinea

Département Milieux et Peuplements aquatiques, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon F.75005 Paris, France
Département Milieux et Peuplements aquatiques, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon F.75005 Paris, France
Ascidiacea Ascidians Plurellidae taxonomy

Abstract

Two colonies of a new Plurellidae, Plurella colini were collected by SCUBA in the north east and south east of Papua New Guinea. Very similar to the five other species of the genus by the external shape, in balls encrusted with sand, the new species differs in the gut shape and gonad distribution.

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