Species Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
- Styela humilis Heller, C. 1878. Beiträge zur nähern Kenntnis der Tunicaten. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 77(1): 83-109 [107].
Type data:
Status unknown, NHMW (depository uncertain, not found), New Zealand. - Styela cerea Sluiter, C.P. 1900. Tunicaten aus dem Stillen Ocean. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 13: 1-35 [24].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA TU1087, d'Urville Is., New Zealand. - Dendrodoa gregaria Kesteven, H.L. 1909. Studies on Tunicata no. 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 276-295 [291].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM U563, U562, Hobart, TAS; ZMB 2562, Hobart, TAS. - Tethyum (Styela) asymmetron Hartmeyer, R. 1912. Die Ascidien der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 16(3): 223-392 [253].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 22.x.1885, Cape of Good Hope, S. Africa (Expedition 'Prince Adalbert').
Paratype(s) ZMB 1077. - Cnemidocarpa robinsoni Hartmeyer, R. 1916. Neue und alte Styeliden aus der Sammlung des Berliner Museums. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 8(2): 203-230 [224].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 2256, Juan Fernandez. - Cnemidocarpa aucklandica Bovien, P. 1922. Ascidiae from the Auckland and Campbell Islands (holosomatous forms). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916 No. IV. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 73: 33-47 [36].
Type data:
Status unknown, ZMUC (depository uncertain, not found), Auckland, New Zealand.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Michaelsen, W. 1922. Ascidiae Ptychobranchiae und Diktyobranchiae von Neusseeland und dem Chatham-Inseln. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916, XI. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 73: 359-498 [418]
- Van Name, W.G. 1945. The North and South American ascidians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 84: 1-476 [271]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- South Africa
Australian Region
- Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Western Australia: SW coast
- New Zealand
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) |