Species Botryllus tuberatus Ritter & Forsyth, 1917

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Species Botryllus tuberatus Ritter & Forsyth, 1917

Botryllus tuberatus Ritter, W.E. & Forsyth, R.A. 1917. Ascidians of the littoral zone of southern California. University of California Publications in Zoology 16: 439-512 [461].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Botryllus communis Oka, A. 1927. Zur kenntnis der japanischen Botryllidae. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 3(9): 607-609 [607].
Type data:

Syntype(s) UTZM 4(S33), Japan; UTZM 87(S184), Japan; UTZM 108(S15), Japan; UTZM 336(S175), Japan; UTZM 364(S1), Japan.
Botryllus gracilis Michaelsen, W. 1927. Einige neue westaustralische ptychobranchiate Ascidien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 71: 193-203 [203].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH, South Passage, Dirk Hartog Is., Shark Bay, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [271]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern California.

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), 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: Central E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- Western Australia: Lower W coast
Kiribati
Palau

Nearctic Region

United States of America
- California

Oriental Region

Indonesia

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Reef flat habitats on the under-surface of rubble.

General References

Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia, supplement. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 267-298

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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