Graveyards of Giant Pandas at the Bottom of the Sea? A Strange-Looking New Species of Colonial Ascidians in the Genus Clavelina (Tunicata: Ascidiacea)

An unidentified colonial ascidian called gaikotsu-panda-hoya in Japanese, literally meaning ‘skeleton panda ascidian,’ has been attracting SCUBA divers’ attention for the past few years since its strange appearance was introduced on the Internet by a diving shop in Kumejima Island, Japan. To confirm...

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Main Authors: Naohiro Hasegawa, Hiroshi Kajihara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 2024-02-01
Series:Species Diversity
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