Pyrosoma aherniosum
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Pyrosoma
Description
Small, lumpy, angular, transparent colonies, up
to 2.5 cm long by 1.5 cm wide (van Soest 1981). Zooids up to 4.1 mm
long with a broad, large oral siphon and a very short cloacal
siphon.
Distribution and habitat
This pelagic species occurs in warm waters of
all three oceans from 30ºN to 30ºS. The distribution map in van Soest (1981) shows
one record in southern African seas.
Publications
- van Soest RWM. 1981. A monograph of the order Pyrosomatida
(Tunicata, Thaliacea). Journal of Plankton Research 3(4):
603–631.
Text by Hamish Robertson |