Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory · 1954 · 30 citations · 0 references
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The material of ascidians collected in the Tokara Islands consists of the following 25 species and 2 forms, of which 13 species seem to be new to ~cience and 4 species with asterisk are newly recorded fro~ the Japanese waters. Thus the Tokara collection contributed a big addition to Japanese ascidian fauna. Takarazima Nakanosima 1. Polyclinum tsutsuii n. sp. + 2. Aplidiopsis tokaraensis n. sp. r 3. Amaroucium monotonicum n. sp. rr 4. Didemnum (Didemnum) moseleyi + + 4a. Didemnum (Didemnum) moseleyi f. granulatum nov. + 4b. Didemnum (Didemnum) moseleyi f. punici-color nov. + *5. Didemnum (Didemnum) candidum + *6. Didemnum (Didemnum) pulvinum nom. nov. + rr *7. Lissoclinum fragile