Table 1 in Leptoclinides (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae) from Brazil: new records and two new species

Table 1. Key for the identification of the Atlantic species in Leptoclinides Berjan, 1905. Characters and abbreviations: 1. Colour of living colony: Be = beige; Bg = brownish grey; Bl = black; G = grey; O = orange; S = salmon; V = violet; Y = yellowish. 2. Colony shape: G = globular; L = laminar. 3. Spicule distribution: R = restricted to the upper layer of the colony; W = whole colony. 4. Spicules: D = high density; L = low density. 5. Shape of the spicules: G = globular; S = stellate. 6. Common cloacal aperture: L = lobed; S = smooth; P = with large projections. 7. Size of the spicules (µm). 8. Number of muscular fibers on each side of the thorax. 9. Atrial languet: 0 = absent; P = present. 10. Number of stigmata per row. 11. Lateral thoracic organ position in relation to stigmata row. 12. Number of testis follicles. 13. Number of coils of the sperm duct. 14. Size of larval trunk (mm). 15. Number of pairs of ectodermal ampullae in larvae (unpaired ampullae).
123456789101112131415SpeciesOLRLSS3012010/12–10–10–9/103330.89–10L. lotufoi sp. nov.Be, G, YLRL, DSS35–50?011/12–11–11–93–414–51.2–1.58–12L. faeroensisO, SLRDGS15–258–14P12/14–12/13–12/13–12/132–33–430.7–0.88L. latusOLWDGL127010–9–9–8332–3??L. crocotulus 1Bl, G, VLWL, DSS30–7019–20013–12–12–10/123–43–64–70.65–0.754L. torosusO, GLWLSP20–308010–10–9–844–64–70.72(2)L. coronatus sp. nov.Bg, G, YLWLS?<756–70132–32–36??L. brasiliensis 2BeGWLSS30–555–608/10–8/10–8/10–7/9334–6??Leptoclinides sp.