Species Ascidiella aspersa (Mueller, 1776)

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Species Ascidiella aspersa (Mueller, 1776)

Ascidia aspersa Mueller, O.F. 1776. pp. 224–226 in, Zoologiae Danicae. Copenhagen : Prodromus. [225].
Type data:
Status unknown, Adriatic Sea.
Ascidia scabra Mueller, O.F. 1776. pp. 224–226 in, Zoologiae Danicae. Copenhagen : Prodromus. [225].
Type data:
Status unknown, Adriatic Sea.
Ascidia patula Mueller, O.F. 1776. pp. 224–226 in, Zoologiae Danicae. Copenhagen : Prodromus. [225].
Type data:
Status unknown, Christiana Fjord, Norway.
Ascidia cristata Risso, A. 1826. Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Particulièrement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris : F.-G.Levrault Vol. 4 iv, 439 pp., 12 pls. [Date published November 1826] [276].
Type data:
Status unknown, Adriatic Sea.
Type locality references:
Roule, L. 1884. Recherches sur les ascidies simples des côtes de Provence 1. Phallusiadées. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Zoologie 2(1): 1-270.
Ascidia pedunculata Hoffman, F. 1829. Einige Bemerkungen über die Vegetation und die fauna von Helgoland. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1: 228-260 [242].
Type data:
Status unknown, Denmark.
Ascidia opalina Macgillivray, W. 1843. A History of the Molluscous Animals of the Counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff. London and Aberdeen : Cunnungham and Mortimer pp. 307-314. [312].
Type data:
Status unknown, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Ascidia sordida Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1848. Tunicata in Catalogue of the Mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 1: 195-207 [dated 1846-1850] [199].
Type data:
Holotype HMN, Cullercoats, Northumberland, England.
Ascidia albida Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1848. Tunicata in Catalogue of the Mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 1: 195-207 [dated 1846-1850] [200].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Cullercoats, Northumberland, England.
Ascidia elliptica Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1848. Tunicata in Catalogue of the Mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 1: 195-207 [dated 1846-1850] [201].
Type data:
Syntype(s) HMN, Cullercoats, Northumberland, England.
Ascidia pellucida Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1848. Tunicata in Catalogue of the Mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 1: 195-207 [dated 1846-1850] [202].
Type data:
Holotype HMN, Cullercoats, Northumberland, England.
Ascidia aculeata Alder, J. 1863. Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 11: 153-173 [156].
Type data:
Syntype(s) HMN, Lamlash Bay, Arran, Scotland and Bantry Bay, SW Ireland.
Ascidia pustulosa Alder, J. 1863. Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 11: 153-173 [154].
Type data:
Holotype HMN, Fowey Harbour, Cornwall, England.
Ascidia affinis Hancock, A. 1870. On the larval state of Molgula with a description of several new species of simple ascidians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 6: 353-368 [361].
Type data:
Holotype HMN, Roach River, Essex, England.
Paratype(s) BMNH 88.5.7.261.
Ascidia normanni Alder, J. & Hancock, A. in Hancock, A. 1870. On the larval state of Molgula; with descriptions of several new species of simple ascidians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 6: 353-368 [361].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 98.5.7.272, Strangford Lough.
Ascidia truncata Herdman, W.A. 1881. Notes on the British Tunicata with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 15: 274-290 [280].
Type data:
Status unknown, Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
Ascidia trianularis Herdman, W.A. 1881. Notes on the British Tunicata with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 15: 274-290.
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Firth of Clyde, Scottland.
Ascidia minuta Kiaer, J. 1893. Oversight över Norges ascidiae simplices. Bulletin of the Mauritius Institute 9: 1-105.
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Aure, Norway.
Ascidia expansa Kiaer, J. 1893. Oversight över Norges ascidiae simplices. Bulletin of the Mauritius Institute 9: 1-105 [26].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Bergen, Norway.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mediterranean Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea, west coast of Ireland and Scotland.

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

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Lower W coast, SW coast
New Zealand

Palaearctic Region

Ireland

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

General References

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

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)
14-Dec-2012		14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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