Sycozoa seiziwadai

Sycozoa seiziwadai is a species of is a sea squirt in the family Holozoidae, first described by Takasi Tokioka in 1952.[1][2]

Sycozoa seiziwadai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Aplousobranchia
Family: Holozoidae
Genus: Sycozoa
Species:
S. seiziwadai
Binomial name
Sycozoa seiziwadai
Tokioka, 1952

Description

Sycozoa seiziwadai consists of a colony of colourless zooids in paired vertical rows with the cloaca at the distal end of each pair.[2]

Range and habitat

It is found in coastal waters from Queensland, the Northern Territoryto Western Australia, and off the Philippines.[1], in subtidal waters

Etymology

The species epithet, seiziwadai, honours Seizi Wada, the collector of the type specimen in the Arafura Sea.[2]

References

  1. "Species Sycozoa seiziwadai Tokioka, 1952". Australian Faunal Directory.
  2. Tokioka, T. (1952). "Ascidians collected by Messrs Renzi Wada and Seizi Wada from the Pearl Oyster bed in the Arafura Sea in 1940" (PDF). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 2 (2): 91-142 [99].
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