Species Diplosoma listerianum (Milne-Edwards, 1841)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leptoclinum listerianum Milne Edwards, H. 1841. Observations sur les ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 18: 217-326 [295].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 1966.2.14.2, Brighton, Sussex, England.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Rowe, F.W.E. 1966. A review of the genus Diplosoma Macdonald, 1959, (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae) with a description of the proposed neotype of Diplosoma listerianum (Milne-Edwards, 1841). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9(13): 457-467 [458].
• Leptoclinum gelatinosum Milne Edwards, H. 1841. Observations sur les ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 18: 217-326 [295].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, English Channel.
• Diplosoma rayneri Macdonald, J.D. 1859. On the anatomical characters of a remarkable form of compound Tunicata. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Zool. 22: 373-375 [373].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Diplosoma macdonaldi 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 [315].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH (depository uncertain, not found), Bahia, Brazil.
• Diplosoma mitsukurii Oka, A. 1892. Die periodische Regeneration der oberen Körperhälfte bei den Diplosomiden. Biologisches Centralblatt (Leipzig) 12(9): 265-268 [265].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, UTZM (depository uncertain, not found), Pacific coast of Honsyû, Japan.
• Diplosoma atropunctatum Van Name, W.G. 1902. The ascidians of the Bermuda Islands. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 11: 325-412 [370].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 1249 (AMNH 1386), Bermuda.
• Diplosoma lacteum Van Name, W.G. 1902. The ascidians of the Bermuda Islands. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 11: 325-412 [369].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 1248, Bermuda.
  Paratype(s) AMNH 1396.
• Diplosoma pizoni Ritter, W.E. & Forsyth, R.A. 1917. Ascidians of the littoral zone of southern California. University of California Publications in Zoology 16: 439-512 [474].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, USNM (depository uncertain, not found), San Diego Bay, California, USA.
• Diplosoma okai Tokioka, T. 1949. Contributions to the Japanese ascidian fauna I. Ascidians collected by Prof. Mijadi and Mr Masui during the bottom survey 1934–1940. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 1: 1-18 [5].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMBL 355, Matoya Bay, Japan.
• Leptoclinum macrolobium Tokioka, T. 1949. Contributions to the Japanese ascidian fauna II. Notes on some ascidians collected chiefly along the coast of Kii Peninsula. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 1(2): 39-64 [44].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMBL 118, Kii Peninsula, Seto Naikai Sea, Japan.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. 1966. A review of the genus Diplosoma Macdonald, 1959, (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae) with a description of the proposed neotype of Diplosoma listerianum (Milne-Edwards, 1841). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9(13): 457-467 [457]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North and south Atlantic Ocean, English Channel and Mediterranean, west Indian Ocean, Indonesia, west Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, Japan, east Pacific Ocean, California to Vancouver Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Central E coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait
  • Western Australia: Lower W coast, SW coast
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

• United States of America
  • California

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

 

General References

Kott, P. 2001. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 4, Didemnidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(1): 1-410 [339]

 

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)