title: Shallow-water Ascidians from Matua Island (central Kuril Islands, NW Pacific).
abstract: Fifteen species of ascidians were identified in the material collected at Matua Island. Two species are new, Botryllus flavus n. sp. and Distaplia matua n. sp. The first species occurs also at Kamchatka waters, while the second is probably an endemic of Kuril Islands. The genus Macrenteron Redikorzev, 1927 is synonymized with Aplidium Savigny, 1816 and a new name Aplidium macrenteron nom. nov. is proposed for its type species.
authors.affiliation: Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Geographical Institute, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Partizanskaya 6, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683000, Russia.. ascidiacea@sanamyan.com.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sanamyan
authors.forename: Nadya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sanamyan
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D062312:Islands; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D014561:Urochordata
keywords: Tunicata, Ascidiacea, Kuril Islands, Matua Island, NW Pacific