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Issue: Vol. 4399 No. 3: 22 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.3.13
Page range: 443–450
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 4

A large marine Caribbean mushroom field: description of Eudistoma amanitum sp. nov. (Ascidiacea: Polycitoridae)

Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Ascidiacea Atlantic COI integrative taxonomy new species Tunicata

Abstract

Numerous colonies of Eudistoma amanitum sp. nov. have been collected in Caribbean waters. The colonies resemble the groups of mushrooms from the Amanita genus and there are different color morphs. The discussion includes comparison with other species with similar shape.

 

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