Species Cnemidocarpa pedata (Herdman, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polycarpa pedata Herdman, W.A. 1881. Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger Expedition. Cynthiidae, Molgulidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 11(3): 52-88 [71].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.2.4.125, Philippines.
• Styela whiteleggii Herdman, W.A. 1898. Note on the Tunicata fauna of Australian seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(1): 443-450 [445] [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Styela whiteleggii Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [40].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM U142, U282, Port Stephens and Port Jackson, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Van Name, W.G. 1918. Ascidians from the Philippines and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(1): 49-174 [97]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), 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, Lower E coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight
  • Victoria: Bass Strait

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
• Philippines

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

10–60 m.

 

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)