Species Didemnum molle (Herdman, 1886)

Museums

Museum list

Regional Maps

Species Didemnum molle (Herdman, 1886)

Diplosomoides molle Herdman, W.A. 1886. Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Pt II, Ascidiae compositae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 14(38): 1-425 [310].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 87.2.4.446, Aru Is., Torres Strait.
Didemnum sycon Michaelsen, W. 1920. Die Ascidiae Krikobranchiae des Roten Meeres: Clavelinidae und Synoicidae. Expedition S.M. Schiff Pola in das Rote Meer, nördliche und südliche Hälfte 1895/1896–1897/1898 Zoologische Ergebnisse xxxiii. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien 97: 1-38 [44].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ZMH K1088, Comoren, Malagasy; ZMH K1089, Comoren, Malagasy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kott, P. 1980. Algal-bearing didemnid ascidians in the Indo-west Pacific. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(1): 1-47 [2]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West Pacific Ocean including Okinawa, west Indian Ocean.

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

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
Fiji
Guam

Oriental Region

Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Obligate Prochloron [Prochlorophyta] symbionts.

General References

Kott, P. 2001. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 4, Didemnidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(1): 1-410 [208]

Kott, P. 2008. Biogeographic implications of Ascidiacea (Tunicata) from the Wessel Islands (Arafura Sea). The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 24: 63-77 [70] (new record)

Olson, R.R. 1985. The consequences of short distance larval dispersal in a sessile marine invertebrate. Ecology 66(1): 30-39

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)
14-Dec-2012		14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory