A new species of Microcosmus (Tunicata: Ascidiacea: Bolteniidae) from the Sea of Okhotsk

K.E. Sanamyan, N.P. Sanamyan & T.B. Morozov

Abstract. A large solitary ascidian Microcosmus armatus sp. nov., described from the Sea of Okhotsk, represents the first record of the genus Microcosmus Heller, 1877 in the cold waters of the Northwestern Pacific. The genus belongs to the family Bolteniidae formerly known as Pyuridae.
Key words: biodiversity, Sea of Okhotsk, Northwestern Pacific, Ascidiacea, Bolteniidae, Pyuridae, Microcosmus, new species

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2021, 30(2): 271–278  ▪  Published online 25 November 2021


https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2021.30.2.271  ▪  Open full article  

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