genus

Symplegma

Symplegma

Field notes

Symplegma is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.

Species within the genus Symplegma include:

Symplegma alterna Monniot, 1988

Symplegma arenosa Kott, 1972

Symplegma bahraini Monniot & Monniot, 1997

Symplegma brakenhielmi (Michaelsen, 1904)

Symplegma connectens Tokioka, 1949

Symplegma japonica Tokioka, 1962

Symplegma reptans (Oka, 1927)

Symplegma rubra Monniot, 1972

Symplegma teruakii Kott, 2004

Symplegma viride Herdman, 1886

Symplegma zebra Monniot, 2002

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

Symplegma connectans Tokioka, 1949: synonym of Symplegma connectens Tokioka, 1949

Symplegma elegans Michaelsen, 1934: synonym of Symplegma viride Herdman, 1886

Symplegma oceania Tokioka, 1961: synonym of Symplegma brakenhielmi (Michaelsen, 1904)

Symplegma okai (Redikorzev, 1916): synonym of Kukenthalia borealis (Gottschaldt, 1894)

Symplegma stuhlmanni (Michaelsen, 1904): synonym of Symplegma brakenhielmi (Michaelsen, 1904)

Symplegma systematica (Sluiter, 1904): synonym of Chorizocarpa sydneyensis (Herdman, 1891)

Symplegma viridis : synonym of Symplegma viride Herdman, 1886

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided