Species Ecteinascidia sluiteri Herdman, 1906

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ecteinascidia sluiteri Herdman, W.A. 1906. Report on the Tunicata. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Supplement Report 39: 295-348 [300].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1907.8.30.2, off north end Karativo Is., 20–50 m, Sri Lanka.
• Ecteinascidia vitta Monniot, C. 1992. Ascidies de Nouvelle-Calédonie XI. Phlebobranches et Stolidobranches du Plateau des Chesterfield. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 14A(1): 3-22 [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP P2 ECT54, Chalcal, Chesterfield Is., Coral Sea.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 2003. New syntheses and new species in the Australian Ascidiacea. Journal of Natural History 37: 1611-1653 [1639]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Mozambique

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
• Federated States of Micronesia
• New Caledonia
• Palau

Oriental Region

• Singapore
• Sri Lanka

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

On rubble at low tide, often with epibionts.

 

General References

Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440

 

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)