Styela plicata

Classification

Styelidae [family]
Styela [genus] (2)
plicata [species]

Classification

Styelidae [family]
Styela [genus] (2)
plicata [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Curaçao
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  • Sint Eustatius
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    Presence status
  • Introduced (2) - Curaçao
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  • Introduced (2) - Sint Eustatius
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    Notes on presence status A wide-spread invasive species. The record from St. Eustatius was identified as Styela cf. plicata.

    Publications

    • Goodbody, I. 1984. The Ascidian fauna of two contrasting lagoons in the Netherlands Antilles: Piscadera Baai, Curaçao, and the Lac of Bonaire. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 67: 21-49.
    • 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.