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First North American record of the ascidian Perophora japonica
Lambert, G. (2005). First North American record of the ascidian Perophora japonica. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 85(4): 1011-1012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540501204X
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Abstract
    Colonies of the phlebobranch ascidian Perophora japonica were found in August 2003 in Humboldt Bay, northern California, growing on a submerged settling panel. This species has a unique terminal budding in addition to the usual subterminal stolonial budding: bright yellow stellate plaques form at the tips of many stolons. The plaques break off, float away and reattach, subsequently forming new stolons and new colonies. The presence of these plaques, and the larger size of the zooids, distinguish it from the native Perophora annectens. This is the first North American record for this species.

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