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First record of a photosymbiotic ascidian Lissoclinum midui (Ascidiacea: Didemnidae) from Lyudao (Green Island), Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2014

Euichi Hirose ,
Yoko Nozawa  and
Mamiko Hirose
Euichi Hirose*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
Yoko Nozawa
Affiliation:
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nangkang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
Mamiko Hirose
Affiliation:
Marine and Coastal Research Center, Ochanomizu University, Tateyama, Chiba 294-0301, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: E. Hirose, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Lissoclinum midui was collected from Lyudao (Green Island), Taiwan. This is the first record outside of the type locality, Kumejima Island (Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan), of this species. The colonies in Lyudao were found on non-geniculate coraline algae covering the coral limestones in the reef crest (0.5–1 m deep). They were not rare at the collection sites, and it is uncertain why this species has only been recorded in the two sites in Taiwan–Ryukyus. It may be that the shallow, wave-exposed reef crest is a poorly investigated habitat for small benthic invertebrates.

Keywords

colonial ascidiancoral reefsDNA-barcodephotosymbiosisProchloronsubtropical West Pacific
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e42
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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