Eudistoma reginum Kott, 1990

Lambert, Gretchen, Lee, Serina Siew-Chen & Teo, Serena Lay-Ming, 2021, Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop, Zootaxa 4933 (1), pp. 1-38 : 10

Eudistoma reginum Kott, 1990 NEW RECORD

Figure 4E

Colonies are in the form of a thick round purple cushion, often several cm in diameter. Larvae as described by Kott (1990).

#3792, with larvae; #3880, cushion 2 cm in diameter; #4627.

Distribution: Micronesia, Palau, Guam, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Australia.

References with detailed descriptions and color photos: Kott (1990), Monniot F. & Monniot C. (1996). Other references: Monniot F. & Monniot C. (2006, description matches but colonies blueish black), Lambert (2003).

Figures

FIGURE 4. A–D: Eudistoma laysani. A: whole living colony 3 cm across; B: one head; C: unhatched tadpole 800 µm in length; D: one head of preserved colony. E: Eudistoma regina, part of large colony; F: Aplidium cf. grisiatum colony 1.5 cm in width; G–H: Pseudodistoma fragile. G: whole living colony 4 cm across; H: single zooid 8 mm in length, somewhat contracted. Scale bar: E, 0.4 cm.