Species Coeloplana willeyi Abbott, 1902

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Species Coeloplana willeyi Abbott, 1902

Coeloplana willeyi Abbott, J.F. 1902. Preliminary notes on Coeloplana. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 4: 103-108 [108].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Portsea, VIC; Misaki, Japan.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Victoria: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, gregarious.

Extra Ecological Information

Found on algae (Zostera, Melobesia) or rocks.

Diagnosis

Average size: one to two centimeters across. Very contractile and extensible; amoeboid in movement. When killed, roughly circular in shape. In life, no consistent body-shape is maintained. Dorsal tentacles club shaped or cylindrical, not branched or fringed. Colour scarlet or carmine red, fading towards the edges to a yellowish pink. Chalky white spots about margins. Color deepest along the raised axis of the tentacle sheaths. Dorsal tentacles frequently with yellowish blotches at the bases.

Diagnosis References

Abbott, J.F. 1902. Preliminary notes on Coeloplana. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 4: 103-108 [108]

General References

Matsumoto, G.I. 1999. Coeloplana thomsoni sp. nov., a new benthic ctenophore (Ctenophora: Platyctenida: Coeloplanidae) from western Australia. pp. 385-393 in Walker, D.I. & Wells, F.E. (eds). The Seagrass Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. (identification key)

Matsumoto, G.I. & Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1996. Coeloplana scaberiae sp. nov., a new benthic ctenophore (Ctenophora: Platyctenida: Coeloplanidae) from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 29(1): 33-40 (identification key)

Smith, B.J. & Plant, R.J. 1976. A creeping ctenophoran (Platyctenea: Ctenophora) from Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 37: 43-46 (reported species in Australia)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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