Species Didemnum spongioides Sluiter, 1909

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Species Didemnum spongioides Sluiter, 1909

Didemnum spongioides Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [67].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMA TU472, Pearl Banks, E coast Aru Is., Torres Stait.
Paralectotype(s) ZMA TU1272.
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 [174].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Aru Is., Indonesia.

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

Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE oceanic
- Tasmania: Tas. coast
- Western Australia: Lower W coast

Oriental Region

Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

General References

Kott, P. 2001. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 4, Didemnidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(1): 1-410 [236]

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)

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