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Mottled Encrusting Tunicate Distaplia bermudensis

Classification

Holozoidae [family]
Distaplia [genus] (2)
bermudensis [species]

Classification

Holozoidae [family]
Distaplia [genus] (2)
bermudensis [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Bonaire
  • Curaçao
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius

  • Publications

    • Goodbody, I. 1984. Ascidians from Caribbean shallow water localities. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 67: 62-75.
    • Hoeksema, B.W. (ed.) 2022. Marine biodiversity of Bonaire: a baseline survey (2nd edition). Preliminary results of the Bonaire Marine Biodiversity expedition. 1-78. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation.
    • Millar, R.H. 1962. Some ascidians from the Caribbean. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 13: 61-77.
    • Name, W.G. van 1924. Ascidians from Curaçao. Bijdragen tot de kennis der fauna van Curaçao 23: 23-32.
    • Rocha, R.M., Faria, S.B., Moreno, T.R. 2005. Ascidians from Bocas del Toro, Panama. I. Biodiversity. Caribbean Journal of Science 41(3): 600-612.
    • Schrieken, N. 2016. Tunicates of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 56-59. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.