Fritillaria borealis subsp. sargassi Lohmann 1896
- Dataset
- Pelagic tunicates (Appendicularia and Thaliacea) of Sri Lanka: two first records with an annotated checklist
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Liliopsida
- order
- Liliales
- family
- Liliaceae
- genus
- Fritillaria
description
Description. Trunk 1 – 1.5 mm long, roughly eight-shaped, with the well-elongated posterior part. Mouth with the prominent upper lip. Ciliated rings of the branchial passages are circular. The endostyle is short and the digestive tract axis is oblique. Gonads asymmetrically arranged; testis Y-shaped and the spherical ovary placed on the left branch. Tail short, with a broad fin and without amphichordal cells; tail musculature broad, especially in the proximal part, ending abruptly. Global distribution. The Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea (Fenaux et al. 1998); Australian waters (Thompson 1948). Type locality: The equatorial stream to Cape Verde.
materials_examined
Material examined. Eleven specimens (MDAFWU 2020 / 384 – 394), St. 205, January 2020.