Species Aplidium opacum Kott, 1963

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aplidium opacum Kott, P. 1963. The ascidians of Australia IV. Aplousobranchiata Lahille; Polyclinidae Verrill (continued). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 14(1): 70-118 [108].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM U3929, Balnarring Beach, VIC.
• Aplidium foliorum Kott, P. 1975. The ascidians of South Australia III. Northern sector of the Great Australian Bight and additional records. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 99(1): 1-20 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAM E1036, northern Great Australian Bight, SA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 1992. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 3, Aplousobranchia (2). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32(2): 377-620 [570]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lower E coast
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
  • Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait
  • Western Australia: Lower W coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2012		14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)