| Sycozoa seiziwadai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Aplousobranchia |
| Family: | Holozoidae |
| Genus: | Sycozoa |
| Species: | S. seiziwadai |
| Binomial name | |
| Sycozoa seiziwadai Tokioka, 1952 | |
Sycozoa seiziwadai is a species of is a sea squirt in the family Holozoidae, first described by Takasi Tokioka in 1952. [1] [2]
Sycozoa seiziwadai consists of a colony of colourless zooids in paired vertical rows with the cloaca at the distal end of each pair. [2]
It is found in coastal waters from Queensland, the Northern Territoryto Western Australia, and off the Philippines., [1] in subtidal waters
The species epithet, seiziwadai, honours Seizi Wada, the collector of the type specimen in the Arafura Sea. [2]
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