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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Volume 48 Issue 1

Two new styelid ascidians - Polycarpa maniensis sp. nov., Polycarpa scatterata sp. nov. and one new record Polycarpa aurita (Sluiter, 1890) from Indian waters

V.K. Meenakshi and S. Senthamarai
Abstract

Three species of styelid ascidians are reported of which Polycarpa maniensis sp. nov. and Polycarpa scatterata sp. nov. are new to science. The other, Polycarpa alrrita (Sluiter, 1890) is a new record to Indian waters

Keywords

Styelid ascidians, Polvcarpa maniensis, P. scatterata, P. aurita, new record

Date : 30-06-2006