Perophora listeri

Perophora listeri is a species of colonial sea squirt in the genus Perophora, native to the North Atlantic.[1]

Perophora listeri
Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Ascidiacea
Order:
Enterogona
Family:
Perophoridae
Genus:
Perophora
Species:
P. listeri
Binomial name
Perophora listeri
Wiegman, 1835

Description

Perophora japonica is a colonial tunicate with small, rounded, translucent zooids connected by a network of stolons.[2][3]

References
  1. Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2020). Ascidiacea World Database. Perophora listeri Wiegman, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2020-02-14.
  2. Millar, R. H. (1970). British ascidians, Tunicata: Ascidiacea: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 1. Academic Press: London. SBN 12-496650-0. 92 pp.
  3. Bowen, S.; Goodwin, C.; Kipling, D.; Picton, B. E. (2018). Sea Squirts and Sponges of Britain and Ireland. ISBN 9780995567382.
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