Species Halocynthia dumosa (Stimpson, 1855)

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Species Halocynthia dumosa (Stimpson, 1855)

Cynthia dumosa Stimpson, W. 1855. Tunicata in descriptions of some new marine invertebrates. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 387-388 [388].
Type data:
Status unknown, USNM (depository uncertain, not found), Port Jackson, NSW.
Cynthia hispida Herdman, W.A. 1881. Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger Expedition. Cynthiidae, Molgulidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 11(3): 52-88 [61].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH (depository uncertain, not found), Bass Strait, VIC.
Cynthia crinitistellata Herdman, W.A. 1898. Note on the Tunicata fauna of Australian seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(1): 443-450 [445] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s).
Cynthia crinitistellata Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [34].
Type data:

Syntype(s) AM U273 (G2068), Port Jackson, NSW; AM G12230, Port Jackson, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kott, P. 1998. Tunicata. 51-259, 259–261 (App. I–111), 265–292 (Index) in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 34. Hemichordata, Tunicata, Cephalochordata. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia 298 pp. [178] (based on Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1–440 [342])

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

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

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast
- Queensland: NE coast
- South Australia: S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait

Oriental Region

Sri Lanka

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

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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