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Styela clava (Tunicata: Ascidiacea)—a new addition to the fauna of the Portuguese coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2005

Martin H. Davis
Affiliation:
Nuclear Department, HMS SULTAN, Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3BY, UK
Mary E. Davis
Affiliation:
Fawley Biofouling Services, 270 Burgess Road, Swaythling, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 3BE, UK, E-mail: fawley.bioserve@virgin.net

Abstract

The solitary ascidian Styela clava is recorded for the first time in Portuguese waters. It was found at three sites on the west coast of Portugal. This represents the southern limit of its recorded distribution in European waters. The Portuguese specimens are described and compared with UK specimens.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2005 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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