Species Ascidia capillata Sluiter, 1887

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ascidia capillata Sluiter, C.P. 1887. Einfache Ascidien aus der Bai von Batavia. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 46: 242-266 [255].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA TU219, Bay of Jakarta (as Djakarta), Indonesia.
• Ascidia austera Sluiter, C.P. 1904. Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Pt. I, Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56A: 1-126 [39].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA TU267.2, Anchorage north of Salomakiëe (Damar) Is., 45 m, Indonesia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [30]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lower E coast
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
  • Western Australia: N coast, SW coast

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

On under-surface of rubble, coral reefs, on coral.

 

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)