Prof. Dr. Francesco Mastrototaro, Italien
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Brunetti & Mastrototaro, 2012
Source:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260612660
Botrylloides pizoni, a new species of Botryllinae (Ascidiacea) from the Mediterranean Sea
Authors:
Dr. Riccardo Brunetti
Dr. Francesco Mastrototaro
Photographer: Dr. Rossella Baldacconi
We thank Dr. Rossella Baldacconi from Italy for her great photos.
Botrylloides pizoni is a colonial sea squirt that reaches a dimension of several cm² and grows about 2 - 3cm thick.
These lobed colonies are predominantly purple to lilac in color, but sea squirts in red and orange have also been found
Botrylloides pizoni settles in water areas rich in nutrients, which makes their growth much easier.
Colonies:
Living specimens are mainly violet or from lilac to violet in colour, but red and orange colonies were also found.
The colonies are often lobed, and in the eutrophic waters of the collection site; they may reach large dimensions (several square decimetres) and thicknesses of up to 2-3 cm.
Zooids are cylindrical in shape and up to 4 mm long.
It is difficult to establish whether Botrylloides pizoni is native or an invader.
The species is named after Antoine Pizon—the great French zoologist author of the fundamental work on the blastogenesis of the botryllids (1893).
Source:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260612660
Botrylloides pizoni, a new species of Botryllinae (Ascidiacea) from the Mediterranean Sea
Authors:
Dr. Riccardo Brunetti
Dr. Francesco Mastrototaro
Photographer: Dr. Rossella Baldacconi
We thank Dr. Rossella Baldacconi from Italy for her great photos.
Botrylloides pizoni is a colonial sea squirt that reaches a dimension of several cm² and grows about 2 - 3cm thick.
These lobed colonies are predominantly purple to lilac in color, but sea squirts in red and orange have also been found
Botrylloides pizoni settles in water areas rich in nutrients, which makes their growth much easier.
Colonies:
Living specimens are mainly violet or from lilac to violet in colour, but red and orange colonies were also found.
The colonies are often lobed, and in the eutrophic waters of the collection site; they may reach large dimensions (several square decimetres) and thicknesses of up to 2-3 cm.
Zooids are cylindrical in shape and up to 4 mm long.
It is difficult to establish whether Botrylloides pizoni is native or an invader.
The species is named after Antoine Pizon—the great French zoologist author of the fundamental work on the blastogenesis of the botryllids (1893).
