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Stomozoa roseola (Millar, 1955)
Stomozoa roseola forms large, hard, spherical or oval, cartilaginous and opaque colonies with holes on the surface for siphon openings .
Colonies from the Gulf of Mexico have been found on dead coral and among large rocks.The tunic is very firm and dark purple, similar to colonies from the Red Sea and Madagascar.The individual white colored zooids can grow up to 1.7cm long, and the zooid chambers are darker than the rest of the tunica.
Bacteria of the genus Acinetobacter sp. and the copepod Pachypygus stomozoae Kim I.H. & Boxshall, 2020 live in symbiosis on and with the sea squirt colony.
Etymology - From Neo-Latin roseola, from the diminutive of Latin rosa ("a rose"). Note: The colony remains pink in formalin with brown siphon openings.
Synonymised names
Stomozoa murrayi Kott, 1957 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stomozoa roseola forms large, hard, spherical or oval, cartilaginous and opaque colonies with holes on the surface for siphon openings .
Colonies from the Gulf of Mexico have been found on dead coral and among large rocks.The tunic is very firm and dark purple, similar to colonies from the Red Sea and Madagascar.The individual white colored zooids can grow up to 1.7cm long, and the zooid chambers are darker than the rest of the tunica.
Bacteria of the genus Acinetobacter sp. and the copepod Pachypygus stomozoae Kim I.H. & Boxshall, 2020 live in symbiosis on and with the sea squirt colony.
Etymology - From Neo-Latin roseola, from the diminutive of Latin rosa ("a rose"). Note: The colony remains pink in formalin with brown siphon openings.
Synonymised names
Stomozoa murrayi Kott, 1957 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
