Species Didemnum albopunctatum Sluiter, 1909

Museums

Regional Maps

• Didemnum albopunctatum Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [58].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMA TU433.2, Ambon, Indonesia.

  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 [172].
• Didemnum biglutinum Monniot, F. 1995. Ascidies de Nouvelle-Calédonie XV. Le genre Didemnum. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 16A(2–4): 299-344 [300].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A2. DID.C 219, New Caledonia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 2001. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 4, Didemnidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(1): 1-410 [148]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
  • Western Australia: Lower W coast, N coast, NW oceanic
• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• Palau

Oriental Region

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Aust. Terr.)
• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

 

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)