Didemnum galacteum, a new species of white didemnid (Chordata: Ascidiacea: Didemnidae) from Brazil

Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo; Gustavo Muniz Dias

doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[137:DGANSO]2.0.CO;2

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Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo,¹ Gustavo Muniz Dias²

¹a(TMCL) Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. Abolição 3207, CEP 60165-08
²b(GMD) Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia. Departamento de Zoologia. Instituto de Biologia, Unive

Abstract

Didemnum galacteum, a new species of ascidian from tropical west Atlantic, is described. The species comprises Brazilian specimens previously identified as Didemnum lutarium, as important differences were noticed between this and the new species. The species described herein has a milky white color, with colonies of moderate size and a tunic filled of small spicules. The zooids are small and present a divided testis.

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Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo and Gustavo Muniz Dias "Didemnum galacteum, a new species of white didemnid (Chordata: Ascidiacea: Didemnidae) from Brazil," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120(2), 137-142, (1 August 2007). https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[137:DGANSO]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 August 2007

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