Species Lissoclinum bistratum (Sluiter, 1905)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Didemnum bistratum Sluiter, C.P. 1905. Tuniciers récueillis en 1904 par M. Ch. Gravier dans la golfe de Tadjourah (Somalie Française). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 11: 100-103 [103].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH K1107, K1108, Gulf of Tadjourah, Gulf of Aden, Somalia; MNHP A2 LIS 24, Gulf of Tadjourah, Gulf of Aden, Somalia.
• Didemnum gottschaldti Tokioka, T. 1950. Ascidians from the Palao Is. I. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 1(3): 115-150 [publication date established from Tokioka, T. 1967. Pacific Tunicata of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 251: 1–242] [118] [junior homonym of Didemnum gottschaldti Hartmeyer, 1905].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMBL 75, Palau Is., west Pacific Ocean.
• Lissoclinum pulvinum Tokioka, T. 1954. Contributions to Japanese ascidian fauna VII. Invertebrate fauna of the intertidal zone of the Tokara Islands. VII Ascidians. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 3(3): 239-264 [247] [nom. nov. for Didemnum gottschaldti Tokioka, 1950].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

 

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 [16]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Tokara Is., Caroline Is., Coral Sea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, NW coast
• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• Palau

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Singapore

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Cryptic habitats, behind reef crest and in tidal pools; obligate Prochloron [Prochlorophyta] symbionts.

 

General References

Kott, P. 2001. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 4, Didemnidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(1): 1-410 [298]

Kott, P. 2004. Ascidiacea (Tunicata) in Australian waters of the Timor and Arafura Seas. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 20: 37-81 [64]

Kott, P. 2005. New and little known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (Part 3). Journal of Natural History 39(26): 2409-2479 [2460]

Parry, D.L. 1987. Selected Chemistry of the Ascidiacea. Unpubl. Ph.D. Thesis. Brisbane : University of Queensland. 221 pp.

 

History of changes

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14-Dec-2012		14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)