Species Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855

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• Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, W. 1855. Tunicata in descriptions of some new marine invertebrates. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 387-388 [387].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) HMN Case Nr22, Port Jackson, low tide, NSW.
• Ascidia canaliculata Heller, C. 1878. Beiträge zur nähern Kenntnis der Tunicaten. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 77(1): 83-109 [84-91].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NHMW (depository uncertain, not found), Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
• Ascidia pyriformis Herdman, W.A. 1880. Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Ascidiidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 10(1): 458-472 [468].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.2.4.174, 1887.2.4.175, Port Jackson, 12 m, NSW.
• Phallusia longitubis Traustedt, M.P.A. 1882. Vestindiske Ascidiae Simplices, Forste Afdeling. Phallusiadae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1881: 257-288 [277].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, St Thomas, West Indies.
• Ascidia diplozoon Sluiter, C.P. 1887. Einfache Ascidien aus der Bai von Batavia. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 46: 242-266 [249].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA TU224, Bay of Jakarta (as Djakarta), Indonesia.
• Ascidia limosa Sluiter, C.P. 1887. Einfache Ascidien aus der Bai von Batavia. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 46: 242-266 [257].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMA TU245, Bay of Jakarta (as Djakarta), 16–20 m, Indonesia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Spoel, S. van der 1969. Catalogue of the type specimens of Tunicata in the Zoological Museum in Amsterdam. Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 1(13): 157-200 [162].
• Ascidia divisa Sluiter, C.P. 1898. Beiträge zur Kenntnis dei Fauna von Südafrica II. Tunicaten. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 11: 1-64 [43] [=Ascidia canaliculata Heller: Sluiter, 1885: 176].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMA (depository uncertain, not found), between Mendano Is. and Billiton, Indonesia.
• Ascidia incerta Herdman, W.A. 1898. Note on the Tunicata fauna of Australian seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(1): 443-450 [446] [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Ascidia incerta Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM U135 (G2088), Port Jackson, NSW.
• Ascidia bisulca Sluiter, C.P. 1904. Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Pt. I, Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56A: 1-126 [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA TU267.3, Anchorage off Kilsuin, W coast of Kur Is., 20–45 m, Indonesia.
• Ascidia donnani Herdman, W.A. 1906. Report on the Tunicata. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Supplement Report 39: 295-348 [303].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Novakaddu Paar, Gulf of Manaar, Sri Lanka.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hartmeyer, R. & Michaelsen, W. 1928. Ascidiae Diktyobranchiae und Ptychobranchiae. Fauna Südwest-Australien 5: 251-460 [285]
• Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [54]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circumaustralian, QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, TAS, WA, NT, west Pacific Ocean, west Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean.

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• South Africa

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine, mud bottom, sand bottom, silt bottom.

 

General References

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

 

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)