Symbiosis with microorganisms has been well documented for many marine invertebrate taxa. However, knowledge of the diversity of microorganisms associated with ascidians is still limited. This study assessed the microbial epibionts of Didemnum galacteum and Cystodytes sp., two ascidian species collected from the western coast of Ceará state (Brazil), at Dois Coqueiros beach and the port of Pecém, respectively. ...
Os tunicados pertencem as filo Chordata, são organismos exclusivamente; marinhos, sendo encontrados em colônias, ou na forma solitária. Sendo Ascidiacea o táxon mais representativa em número de espécies. As asoídias são animais sésseis, filtradores, hermafroditas, e podem habitar desde regiões entre marés até grandes profundidades. As ascídias podem ser encontradas em associação de simbiose com algas Prochloron...
The symbiosis with microorganisms is well known for many marine invertebrate taxa. Despite that, information about these interactions along the Brazilian coast are scanty or even nonexistent. Microorganisms have also recognized as the real producers of interesting natural compounds extracted from marine invertebrates, such as ascidians. With that in mind, the goal of the present study was to evaluate the microb...
OLIVEIRA, F. A. da S. Filogenia de Didemnidae Giard, 1872 (Tunicata:Ascidiacea). 2015. 117 f. Tese (Doutorado em Ciências Marinhas Tropicais) - Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2015.; Didemnidae is the largest family of tunicates with 578 species described. This family comprises eight genera: Atriolum, Clitella, Didemnum, Diplosoma, Leptoclinides, Lissoclinum, Polysyncrato...