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Botrylloides crystallinus n. sp., a new Botryllinae Adams & Adams, 1858 (Ascidiacea) from Mediterranean Sea

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Botrylloides crystallinus n. sp., collected on sublittoral hard substrata in North Mediterranean Sea is here described. The species presents a seasonal life cycle with a spring-summer regression of the zooids and their buds as known in the congeneric species B. leachii (Savigny, 1816), from which however differs in many unusual morphological traits.

Source: Zoosystema

DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a9

Authors: Anne Bay-Nouailhat, Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat, Fabio Gasparini, Riccardo Brunetti

Institution: University of Padua

Language: Italian

Topic: Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Subfield: Oceanography

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3014529219

FWCI: 1.722

Cites: 15

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10