Two new species of Styela (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from the tropical West Atlantic Ocean

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 19 Mar 2021Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 4,948 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: RODOLFO CORRÊA DE BARROS; ROSANA MOREIRA DA ROCHA;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.2.7

pmid: 33757029

Two new species of Styela (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from the tropical West Atlantic Ocean

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Two new species of the genus Styela are described, with very rare characteristics in this genus: both are shallow-water and tropical, with more than two gonads in each side of the body. Styela panamensis sp. nov. is described from specimens collected in Bocas del Toro, Atlantic coast of Panama, and Styela multicarpa sp. nov. from specimens collected in Espírito Santo, Brazil and Margarita Island, Venezuela. They are probably native to the south Caribbean and S. multicarpa sp. nov. is introduced in Brazil.

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State University of West Paraná
Brazil

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Animalia, Animals, Biodiversity, Urochordata, Chordata, Atlantic Ocean, Taxonomy, Ascidiacea, Pleurogona, Styelidae

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