Polycarpa fibrosa

Polycarpa fibrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Styelidae
Genus: Polycarpa
Species:
P. fibrosa
Binomial name
Polycarpa fibrosa
(Stimpson, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Glandula fibrosa Stimpson, 1852
  • Glandula tubularis Sars, 1859
  • Pandocia fibrosa (Stimpson, 1852)
  • Tethyum fibrosum (Stimpson, 1852)

Polycarpa fibrosa is a species of tunicate in the family Styelidae. It is brown and globular and its outer surface is covered with a mat of fibrils. It normally lies buried in soft sediment on the seabed with only its two siphons protruding. It occurs in the Arctic Ocean and northern Atlantic Ocean. P. fibrosa was first identified and described by the American malacologist William Stimpson in 1852.

  1. ^ Karen Sanamyan (2012). "Polycarpa fibrosa (Stimpson, 1852)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-01-12.