Photosymbiotic ascidians from Pari Island (Thousand Islands, Indonesia)

By

Hirose, Euichi
Iskandar, Budhi Hascaryo
Wardiatno, Yusli

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

422

Pages

1-10

Subjects

Algal symbiosis , Biogeography , Colonial ascidian , coral reefs , Didemnidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.422.7431

 

Abstract

Photosymbiotic ascidian fauna were surveyed in the subtidal zone off Pari Island in the Thousand Islands (Java Sea, Indonesia). Nine species were recorded: Didemnum molle, Trididemnum miniatum, Lissoclinum patella, L. punctatum, L. timorense, Diplosoma gumavirens, D. simile, D. simileguwa, and D. virens. All of these species have been previously recorded in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Diplosoma gumavirens and D. simileguwa were originally described from the Ryukyu Archipelago in 2009 and 2005, respectively, and all of the observed species are potentially widely distributed in Indo-West Pacific coral reefs.