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TAXONOMIC DECISION TAXONOMIC DECISION Salix nom. nov. for Exostoma Kott, 1990 (Polycitoridae), see p. 91. 236 REFERENCES CITED REFERENCES CITED Agassiz, J.L.R. (1850). On the embryology of Ascidia and the characteristics of new species from the shores of Massachusetts. Proceedings of the American Association 1849: 157–159 Aida, T. (1907). Appendicularia of Japanese waters. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 23(5): 1–25 pls i–iv Alder, J. (1863). Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)11: 153–173 Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1848). Tunicata in Catalogue of the Mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Field Club 1: 195–207 Alder, J. & Hancock, A. in Hancock, A. (1870). On the larval state of Molgula; with descriptions of several new species of simple ascidians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)6: 353–368 Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1912). 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    * Manuscript 1 Phylogeny of the families Pyuridae and Styelidae (Stolidobranchiata, Ascidiacea) 2 inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences 3 4 Pérez-Portela Ra, b, Bishop JDDb, Davis ARc, Turon Xd 5 6 a Eco-Ethology Research Unit, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA), Rua 7 Jardim do Tabaco, 34, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal 8 9 b Marine Biological Association of United Kingdom, The Laboratory Citadel Hill, PL1 10 2PB, Plymouth, UK, and School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth PL4 11 8AA, Plymouth, UK 12 13 c School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522 14 Australia 15 16 d Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CSIC), Accés a la Cala St. Francesc 14, Blanes, 17 Girona, E-17300, Spain 18 19 Email addresses: 20 Bishop JDD: [email protected] 21 Davis AR: [email protected] 22 Turon X: [email protected] 23 24 Corresponding author: 25 Rocío Pérez-Portela 26 Eco-Ethology Research Unit, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA), Rua 27 Jardim do Tabaco, 34, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal 28 Phone: + 351 21 8811226 29 Fax: + 351 21 8860954 30 [email protected] 31 1 32 Abstract 33 34 The Order Stolidobranchiata comprises the families Pyuridae, Styelidae and Molgulidae. 35 Early molecular data was consistent with monophyly of the Stolidobranchiata and also 36 the Molgulidae. Internal phylogeny and relationships between Styelidae and Pyuridae 37 were inconclusive however. In order to clarify these points we used mitochondrial and 38 nuclear sequences from 31 species of Styelidae and 25 of Pyuridae. Phylogenetic trees 39 recovered the Pyuridae as a monophyletic clade, and their genera appeared as 40 monophyletic with the exception of Pyura.
  • Redalyc.Keys for the Identification of Families and Genera of Atlantic

    Redalyc.Keys for the Identification of Families and Genera of Atlantic

    Biota Neotropica ISSN: 1676-0611 [email protected] Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade Brasil Moreira da Rocha, Rosana; Bastos Zanata, Thais; Moreno, Tatiane Regina Keys for the identification of families and genera of Atlantic shallow water ascidians Biota Neotropica, vol. 12, núm. 1, enero-marzo, 2012, pp. 1-35 Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade Campinas, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=199123750022 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Keys for the identification of families and genera of Atlantic shallow water ascidians Rocha, R.M. et al. Biota Neotrop. 2012, 12(1): 000-000. On line version of this paper is available from: http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v12n1/en/abstract?identification-key+bn01712012012 A versão on-line completa deste artigo está disponível em: http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v12n1/pt/abstract?identification-key+bn01712012012 Received/ Recebido em 16/07/2011 - Revised/ Versão reformulada recebida em 13/03/2012 - Accepted/ Publicado em 14/03/2012 ISSN 1676-0603 (on-line) Biota Neotropica is an electronic, peer-reviewed journal edited by the Program BIOTA/FAPESP: The Virtual Institute of Biodiversity. This journal’s aim is to disseminate the results of original research work, associated or not to the program, concerned with characterization, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity within the Neotropical region. Biota Neotropica é uma revista do Programa BIOTA/FAPESP - O Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade, que publica resultados de pesquisa original, vinculada ou não ao programa, que abordem a temática caracterização, conservação e uso sustentável da biodiversidade na região Neotropical.
  • Bulletin 100, United States National Museum

    Bulletin 100, United States National Museum

    ASCIDIANS FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND ADJACENT WATERS. By "Willard G. Van Name, Of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. INTRODUCTION. Although the ascidians of the Malay Archipelago have already been so much studied that it seems unlikely that many of the com- moner and more widely distributed species have escaped discovery, the Philippine Islands form one of the parts of that region that have been but little investigated as far as their ascidian fauna is con- cerned. As a whole the Malay region is remarkably rich in ascidians, both in variety of form and number of individuals, and some 200 species have been recorded from it, but among these supposed species there are undoubtedly many synonyms. Several important expedi- tions that have made collections in the Malay region, the United States Exploring Expedition, the Challenger Expedition, and the Siboga Expedition, extended their operations into the southern part of the Philippine group, and though as a result of their work a con- siderable number of species of ascidians have been described or recorded from Philippine waters, the localities investigated were too few and too near together, and the amount of material too small to give anything approaching a complete view of the ascidian fauna. The collection made by the Albatross Expedition affords for the first time an opportunity for a general and comprehensive study of the ascidians of the Philippines and their vicinity. That the collec- tion falls very far short of containing all the species found there is very evident. Many forms obtained by other expeditions are not contained in it, and much more extensive collecting in the northern part of the group would have been desirable.