Species Lissoclinum timorense (Sluiter, 1909)

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Species Lissoclinum timorense (Sluiter, 1909)

Didemnum timorensis Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [51].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMA TU1274, southern coast of Timor, 8–36 m.
Paralectotype(s) ZMA TU482.
Subsequent designation references:
Spoel, S. van der 1969. Catalogue of the type specimens of Tunicata in the Zoological Museum in Amsterdam. Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 1(13): 157-200 [174].
Didemnum voeltzkowi Michaelsen, W. 1920. Die Ascidiae Krikobranchiae des westlichen Indischen Ozeans. Didemniden. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 37: 1-76 [54].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH K1099, Malagasy, west Indian Ocean.
Paratype(s) ZMH K1111.

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. [89]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also Caroline Ils.

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

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
Fiji
Guam
New Caledonia
Palau

Oriental Region

Indonesia
Philippines

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Non cryptic reef flat habitats; obligate Prochloron [Prochlorophyta] symbionts.

General References

Kott, P. 1980. Algal-bearing didemnid ascidians in the Indo-west Pacific. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(1): 1-47 [13] (as Lissoclinum voeltzkowi)

Kott, P. 1982. Didemnid-algal symbioses: host species in the western Pacific with notes on the symbiosis. Micronesica 18(1): 95-127

Kott, P. 2001. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 4, Didemnidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(1): 1-410 [328]

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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