Species Microcosmus helleri Herdman, 1881

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Species Microcosmus helleri Herdman, 1881

Microcosmus helleri 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 [54].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.2.4.44, Torres Strait, 58 m, north Australia [9°59'S 139°42'E].
Microcosmus manaarensis Herdman, W.A. 1906. Report on the Tunicata. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Supplement Report 39: 295-348 [311].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1907.8.30.11 (whereabouts of other syntype(s) unknown), Sri Lanka.
Microcosmus goanus Michaelsen, W. 1918. Die Ptychobranchen und Diktyobranchen Ascidien des westlichen Indischen Ozeans. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 35(2): 1-71 [12].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH, Delgoa Bay, Maputo, Mozambique (as near Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [349]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West Indies, East Africa.

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

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- South Australia: S Gulfs coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Lower W coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

Indonesia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

General References

Kott, P. 2008. Biogeographic implications of Ascidiacea (Tunicata) from the Wessel Islands (Arafura Sea). The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 24: 63-77 [76] (new record)

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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