First report of Prochloron in association with the genus Polysyncraton, didemnid ascidian (Tunicata)

Abstract

This is the first report of Prochlorophyta in association with the genus Polysyncraton, a Didemnid Ascidian (Tunicata). The species P. bilobatum Lafargue, 1968 is common near Galapagos islands as well on the European and the West-African coasts. It is a key species in the evolutive line of the Didemnidae in the French coast and probably in the world