Species Clavelina fecunda (Sluiter, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Podoclavella fecunda Sluiter, C.P. 1904. Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Pt. I, Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56A: 1-126 [7].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMA TU761.2, Banda-anchorage, Banda Is., 18–36 m, Indonesia.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMA TU1256.

  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 [184].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West Pacific Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
  • Western Australia: Lower W coast

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Black sand, coral, Lithothamnion [Rhodophyta] bank, shallow waters to 20 m.

 

General References

Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 1-266 [47]

 

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)