Species Hypodistoma deerratum (Sluiter, 1895)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Distoma deerrata Sluiter, C.P. 1895. Tunicaten. In, Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und den Malayischen Archipel. Denkschr. Med.- Naturw. Ges. Jena 8: 163–186; Nachtrag zu den tunicaten: 325–326. [167].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA TU38, Thursday Is., Torres Strait.
• Polycitor coalitus Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA TU19, 32 m, Indonesia [1°42'30"S 130°47'30"E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 1-266 [106]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria
  • Queensland: NE coast
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Sea floor habitats to 80 m.

 

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)