Species Clavelina cylindrica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polyclinum cylindricum Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Zoologie, Mollusques pp. 559–626. in, Voyages de découvertes de l'Astrolabe 1826–1829, Vol. 3. Paris : Pilet Ainé. [618].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A3 POD1, Western Port, VIC.
• Chondrostachys macdonaldi Bronn, H.G. 1862. Weichthiere. pp. 1281–1772. In, Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs. Vol. 3 Suppl. (89–98). Leipzig : C.F. Winter. [1427].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Bass Strait, 20–22 m, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Caullery, M. 1909. Recherches sur la famille des Distomidae. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 42: 1-59 [52]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
  • Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, NW coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In storm debris, washed up or floating free in surface currents.

 

General References

Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 1-266 [42]

 

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)