Garić, R., & Batistić, M.

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2011, 91(2), 555-559. doi:10.1017/S0025315409991627

Fritillaria ragusina sp. nov., a new species of Appendicularia (Tunicata) from the Adriatic Sea.

“Samples were collected by vertical tows in the southern Adriatic on 18 and 19 February 2008[...] at the 1200-, 300-, and 150-m stations. None was found at the 100-m station” “Water temperature in the layers in which F. ragusina was found ranged from 13.67 to 14.23°C and salinity ranged from 38.48 to 38.77 psu.” “[Trunk] length ranges from 204 to 445 µm and is about three times longer than wide.” “The distinguishing features of F. ragusina are its multiple fusiform amphichordal cells along the lateral edges of the tail musculature, a broad trunk–tail connection that results from a wide tail fin at the initial part of the tail, and a tail musculature that ends at approximately 5/6 of the total tail length while the notochord proceeds past that point half-way to the tip of the tail.” “Fritillaria ragusina is among the smaller appendicularians thus far discovered.”