occurrenceID	taxonID	catalogNumber	collectionCode	institutionCode	typeStatus	verbatimLabel	sex	individualCount	eventDate	recordedBy	recordNumber	decimalLatitude	decimalLongitude	minimumElevationInMeters	maximumElevationInMeters	minimumDepthInMeters	maximumDepthInMeters	country	stateProvince	municipality	locality	references	basisOfRecord
03AD87CEFF8CAD76FF26FE879623E211.mc.3B6C3C85FF8CAD71FE86FE169745E1D9	03AD87CEFF8CAD76FF26FE879623E211.taxon	DW 5228	MNHN		holotype	SPANBIOS: DW 5227: 1 specimen. DW 5228:		1										France			Paris	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD87CEFF8CAD76FF26FE879623E211	MaterialCitation
03AD87CEFF8CAD76FF26FE879623E211.mc.3B6C3C85FF8CAD71FCF4FE16955FE1FD	03AD87CEFF8CAD76FF26FE879623E211.taxon	IT-2018- 77	MNHN		syntype	2 specimens designated as syntypes (MNHN IT- 2018 - 77 Paris, France)		3										France			Paris	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD87CEFF8CAD76FF26FE879623E211	MaterialCitation
03AD87CEFF87AD7BFF26FF36967AE1A5.mc.3B6C3C85FF87AD7BFF76F97D969BE16D	03AD87CEFF87AD7BFF26FF36967AE1A5.taxon		V			All specimens are similar in shape and are coated with sand. They are about 2.5 cm in diameter with a variable number of rhizoids issued from the ventral side (Fig. 7 A; 8 A). The siphons are inconspicuous. The tunic is resistant but thin. All internal tissues are pigmented in brown (Figs 7; 8). The musculature forms strong sphincters at the siphons and a dense network of thin brown fibres over the body. Some chalky pigment is present on the internal side of the siphons. Only in one specimen the white pigment was also abundant on the body wall and branchial vessels (Fig. 8 B). The oral tentacles are numerous with several sizes. The double prepharyngeal band is curved in a deep dorsal V containing a small button-like dorsal tubercle. The dorsal lamina is long and low. There are four branchial folds on each side (Figs 7 D; 8 C) with eight to 12 longitudinal vessels and separated by two to three vessels; ten to 12 stigmata were counted in a mesh between the folds without parastigmatic vessels. The gut loop is narrow and occupies a small part of the left body side (Figs 7 B, C; 8 B); it contains a large endocarp. The stomach has internal longitudinal folds and a small button-like caecum. The anus has eight lobes. The gonads are round polycarps (Figs 7 B, C; 8 B) included in large translucent vesicles of the body wall. The gonoducts open in a single hole at the inner body wall surface. The number of gonads varies; in one specimen there are eight on the right and five on the left side. There are no endocarps on the body wall		2														https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD87CEFF87AD7BFF26FF36967AE1A5	MaterialCitation
03AD87CEFF85AD7EFF26FF3690B0E181.mc.3B6C3C85FF85AD78FF76FE8997ABE31E	03AD87CEFF85AD7EFF26FF3690B0E181.taxon		V			All specimens are broken, many are empty tunics. The shape looks like an egg and is the same for all samples. The tunic as a shell is hardened by thin sediment and some larger particles (Fig. 9 B). The body wall is very thin and transparent and closely adherent to the tunic. The siphons are sessile and distant by half-length of the body; they have a muscular sphincter with very short longitudinal muscle fibres. No muscles or endocarps have been observed on the body wall. The oral tentacles are large in 3 orders of size planted on a strong rod. The prepharyngeal band is undulated and forms a deep dorsal V (Fig. 9 C). The branchial sac (Figs 9 A; 10 A, B) is only linked to the body wall by thin trabeculae. The dorsal lamina is long. There are four branchial folds on each side, irregular in thickness, well separated by nine to 12 longitudinal vessels. There are one or two large stigmata in a mesh between the folds. The gut loosely attached to the body wall remained more or less linked to the branchial tissue (Figs 9 A; 10 A, B). The oesophagus is short and narrow, followed by a round stomach with seven to 10 longitudinal folds and a small button-like caecum. The long intestine does not form a closed loop; it ends in an undulated anus rim. Loosely attached to the body wall most of the polycarps are missing. When they remain they are placed in a long series on each side along a ventral line (Figs 9 A; 10 A). As many as 30 polycarps were present in one specimen; they are ovoid with short apical genital papillae, the male papilla a little behind the female		1														https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD87CEFF85AD7EFF26FF3690B0E181	MaterialCitation
03AD87CEFF85AD7EFF26FF3690B0E181.mc.3B6C3C85FF83AD7EFF76FF3690B5E181	03AD87CEFF85AD7EFF26FF3690B0E181.taxon					The SPANBIOS specimens differ from P. triruga Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2003 by the absence of muscles on the body sides, the constant presence of four branchial folds instead of three on each side and a higher number of polycarps. Nevertheless the egg shape of the body, the closely adherent body wall to the tunic, the gut and absence of endocarps are similar. Some of the numerous specimens collected from Fiji have been re-examined. An important variability was observed in the thickness and extension of the branchial folds and one specimen had four well developed branchial folds on each side. Taking into account the variability commonly observed in deep sea ascidians it seems convenient to group the populations from Fiji and New Caledonia in a single species		1										Fiji			Taking	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD87CEFF85AD7EFF26FF3690B0E181	MaterialCitation
03AD87CEFF82AD7CFF26FF3697BCE235.mc.3B6C3C85FF82AD7FFE17FE8390C5E134	03AD87CEFF82AD7CFF26FF3697BCE235.taxon	MNHN-IT-2018-78			holotype	CP 3892, 1 specimen designed as Holotype (Type MNHN-IT- 2018 - 78)		1														https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD87CEFF82AD7CFF26FF3697BCE235	MaterialCitation
03AD87CEFF9EAD60FF26FD2F9767E235.mc.3B6C3C85FF9DAD60FF76FEA2975BE235	03AD87CEFF9EAD60FF26FD2F9767E235.taxon					Very common in the western tropical Pacific region C. herdmani was found as deep as 1700 m depth (Monniot C. & Monniot F. 1991) but is particularly abundant between 400 – 500 m. The body shape is always the same. The head is naked with small scattered buttons on the tunic surface and a ring of papillae at some distance from the atrial aperture. The oral siphon is close to the curved origin of the peduncle. The atrial opening is at mid distance of the head length. The peduncle is narrow, stiff and long, with a longitudinal groove and is totally encrusted with sediment. The internal anatomy is constant even in small specimens. There are four branchial folds on each side and a long open gut loop (Fig. 16 A) ending in a multilobed anus. There are two gonads on each side with a characteristic disposition (Fig. 16 A, B) and one endocarp on each body side. The musculature covers the whole body (Fig. 16 C, D) with large fibres particularly dense around the siphon apertures		1		Monniot C. & Monniot F.				1700						Pacific region	Very	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD87CEFF9EAD60FF26FD2F9767E235	MaterialCitation
03AD87CEFF9CAD66FF26FF369785E2F9.mc.3B6C3C85FF9BAD66FE22FDCA95B5E2C5	03AD87CEFF9CAD66FF26FF369785E2F9.taxon					collected several times from New Caledonia between 500 and 800 m depth (Monniot F. & Monniot C. 2003) is also present in New Zealand down to 1000 m depth (Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 1999) but has not been recorded elsewhere		1		Monniot F. & Monniot C.				800				New Caledonia			New Caledonia	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD87CEFF9CAD66FF26FF369785E2F9	MaterialCitation
