Sycozoa seiziwadai
| Sycozoa seiziwadai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Aplousobranchia |
| Family: | Holozoidae |
| Genus: | Sycozoa |
| Species: | S. seiziwadai
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| Binomial name | |
| Sycozoa seiziwadai Tokioka, 1952
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Sycozoa seiziwadai is a species of is a sea squirt in the family Holozoidae, first described by Takasi Tokioka in 1952.[1][2]
Description
[edit]Sycozoa seiziwadai consists of a colony of colourless zooids in paired vertical rows with the cloaca at the distal end of each pair.[2]
Range and habitat
[edit]It is found in coastal waters from Queensland, the Northern Territoryto Western Australia, and off the Philippines.[1], in subtidal waters
Etymology
[edit]The species epithet, seiziwadai, honours Seizi Wada, the collector of the type specimen in the Arafura Sea.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Species Sycozoa seiziwadai Tokioka, 1952". Australian Faunal Directory.
- ^ a b c Tokioka, T. (1952). "Ascidians collected by Messrs Renzi Wada and Seizi Wada from the Pearl Oyster bed in the Arafura Sea in 1940" (PDF). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 2 (2): 91-142 [99].