Species Coeloplana thomsoni Matsumoto, 1999

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Species Coeloplana thomsoni Matsumoto, 1999

Coeloplana thomsoni Matsumoto, G.I. 1999. Coeloplana thomsoni sp. nov., a new benthic ctenophore (Ctenophora: Platyctenida: Coeloplanidae) from western Australia. pp. 385-393 in Walker, D.I. & Wells, F.E. (eds). The Seagrass Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. [387].
Type data:
Holotype WAM Z1 (found on Jania (coralline algal turf); example of white morphology), Rottnest Island, Thomson Bay, Army Jetty, WA.
Paratype(s) WAM Z2 (found on Jania (coralline algal turf); example of green morphology), Rottnest Island, Thomson Bay, Army Jetty, WA; WAM Z3 (found on Jania (coralline algal turf); example of white morphology), Rottnest Island, Thomson Bay, Army Jetty, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rottnest Island, WA.

Known only from type locality.

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

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: Lower W coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, epiphytic, marine.

Diagnosis

Found in two distinct colour morphs (green and white), reaches a length of 1 cm and appears to have a very limited distribution. Thus far, it has only been found in one area of Rottnest Island living as an epiphyte, Jania sp. (order Cryptonemiales, family Corallinaceae) in the low intertidal region.

Diagnosis References

Matsumoto, G.I. 1999. Coeloplana thomsoni sp. nov., a new benthic ctenophore (Ctenophora: Platyctenida: Coeloplanidae) from western Australia. pp. 385-393 in Walker, D.I. & Wells, F.E. (eds). The Seagrass Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. [385]

Notes

Species named in recognition of the type locality (Thomson Bay) and of Robert Thomson, who was one of the first settlers on Rottnest Island and together with his family, earned a living by fishing, collecting salt, and farming between 1831 and 1838.

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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