摘要
The samples of Tunicata were collected from 41 stations in Kuroshio region. southeast of Japan(28°24′--36°30′N,129°--145°E), with a macroplankton net (15 meshes per cm, with a length of270 cm and an opening diameter of 80 cm) towed vertically from a depth of 200 m to the surface dur-ing the second cruise of China--Japan Joint Research of Kuroshio in October and November, 1986.Altogether 36 species were distinguished and counted. They are:
