Species Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cynthia momus Savigny, J.C. 1816. Recherches anatomiques sur les ascidies composées et sur les ascidies simples—Système de la classe des Ascidies pp. 1–239. In Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres, Pt 2. Paris : G. Dufour. [143].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP (depository uncertain, not found), Red Sea.
• Herdmania momus curvata Kott, P. 1952. Ascidians of Australia. 1. Stolidobranchiata and Phlebobranchiata. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(3): 206-333 [143] [as Herdmania momus var. curvata].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM Y1811, Northwest Is., Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, QLD.
• Herdmania contorta 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 [18].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 52 HERI, Bampton Is., Chesterfield Ils, New Caledonia.
• Cynthia papietensis Herdman, W.A. 1882. Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Pt I, Ascidiae simplices. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 6(17): 1-296 [143].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Tahiti.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Michaelsen, W. 1918. Ascidia Ptychobranchia und Dictyobranchia des Roten Meeres. Expedition Schiff Pola in das Rote Meer, nördiche und südliche Hälfte 1895/1896–1897/1898. Zoologische Ergebnisse 32: 1-120 3 pls [30]
• Kott, P. 2002. The genus Herdmania Lahille, 1888 (Tunicata) in Australian waters. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 134: 359-374 [366]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Coral Sea Plateau, Indian Ocean, Red Sea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef
• Fiji
• French Polynesia

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
• Philippines

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 100 m.

 

General References

Kott, P. 2002. The genus Herdmania Lahille, 1888 (Tunicata) in Australian waters. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 134: 359-374 [366]

 

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)