Species Diplosoma virens (Hartmeyer, 1909)

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Species Diplosoma virens (Hartmeyer, 1909)

Leptoclinum virens Hartmeyer, R. 1909. Ascidien (continuation of work by Seeliger). pp. 1281-1488 in Bronn, H.G. (ed.). Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs. Leipzig : C.F. Winter Vol. 3, suppl. pts 81–87. [1456] [nom. nov. for Diplosoma viride Herdman, 1906].
Type data:
Syntype(s).
Diplosoma viride Herdman, W.A. 1906. Report on the Tunicata. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Supplement Report 39: 295-348 [341] [junior homonym of Leptoclinum viride Herdman, 1906 = Didemnum viride (Herdman, 1906)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1907.8.30.42, coral reef, Galle, Sri Lanka.
Paratype(s) ZMA TU489.
Leptoclinum varium Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [80].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA TU599.6, TU599.8, TU597, Siboga Stations 37, 86, 89, 172, 213, 231, 240, 279, 282, 296, Indonesia.
Type locality references:
Tydeman, G.F. 1902. Liste des stations de la campagne scientifique du Siboga pp. 1–15 in, Weber, M. Introduction et description de l'expedition Siboga Exped. 1 mono., livre 3 + 2 maps. 176 pp. (station localities).
Leptoclinum calificiforme Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [82].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA TU573, west of North Ubian, Indonesia.
Type locality references:
Tydeman, G.F. 1902. Liste des stations de la campagne scientifique du Siboga pp. 1–15 in, Weber, M. Introduction et description de l'expedition Siboga Exped. 1 mono., livre 3 + 2 maps. 176 pp. (station localities).
Diplosoma pavonia Monniot, C. & Monniot, F. 1987. Les ascidies de Polynésie française. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 136: 1-155 [60].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A2 DIPA 45, Solomon Ils, French Polynesia.

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 [22]
Kott, P. 2001. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 4, Didemnidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(1): 1-410 [347]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

West Pacific 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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
Fiji
Marshall Islands

Oriental Region

Indonesia
Sri Lanka

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Obligate Prochloron [Prochlorophyta] symbionts.

General References

Kott, P. 1982. Didemnid-algal symbioses: host species in the western Pacific with notes on the symbiosis. Micronesica 18(1): 95-127

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
		05-Nov-2010	MODIFIED

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