Sycozoa pulchra
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| Sycozoa pulchra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Aplousobranchia |
| Family: | Holozoidae |
| Genus: | Sycozoa |
| Species: | S. pulchra |
| Binomial name | |
| Sycozoa pulchra (Herdman, 1886) | |
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Sycozoa pulchra, (common name - stalked ascidian)[2] is a sea squirt in the family Holozoidae, first described by William Abbott Herdman in 1886 as Colella pulchra.[1][3] The taxonomic decision which determined the name, Sycozoa pulchra, and the species' synonymy was given by Patricia Kott in 1990.[1][4]
It is found in coastal waters from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia to Western Australia, and off Indonesia.[1]