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Giant Tunicate Polycarpa spongiabilis

Classification

Styelidae [family]
Polycarpa [genus] (6)
spongiabilis [species]

Classification

Styelidae [family]
Polycarpa [genus] (6)
spongiabilis [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Curaçao
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius

  • Publications

    • Goodbody, I. 1984. The Ascidian fauna of two contrasting lagoons in the Netherlands Antilles: Piscadera Baai, Curaçao, and the Lac of Bonaire. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 67: 21-49.
    • Millar, R.H. 1962. Some ascidians from the Caribbean. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 13: 61-77.
    • Name, W.G. van 1921. Ascidians of the West Indian region and southeastern United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 44: 283-494.
    • Name, W.G. van 1924. Ascidians from Curaçao. Bijdragen tot de kennis der fauna van Curaçao 23: 23-32.
    • Rocha, R.M., Faria, S.B., Moreno, T.R. 2005. Ascidians from Bocas del Toro, Panama. I. Biodiversity. Caribbean Journal of Science 41(3): 600-612.
    • Schrieken, N. 2016. Tunicates of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 56-59. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.
    • Sloot, C.J. van der 1969. Ascidians of the family Styelidae from the Caribbean. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 30: 1-57.
    • Sluiter, C.P. 1898. Tuniciers recueillis en 1896 par la Chazalie dans la mer des Antiles. 35. Amsterdam.