Species Microcosmus madagascariensis Michaelsen, 1918

Museums

Regional Maps

• Microcosmus madagascariensis Michaelsen, W. 1918. Die Ptychobranchen und Diktyobranchen Ascidien des westlichen Indischen Ozeans. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 35(2): 1-71 [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH, Nossi Bé, Malagasy.
• Microcosmus agglutinans Hartmeyer, R. 1919. Ascidien. In, Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. K. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 60(4): 1–150. [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM 1490*, 45 miles WSW Cape Jaubert, 144 m, N WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hartmeyer, R. & Michaelsen, W. 1928. Ascidiae Diktyobranchiae und Ptychobranchiae. Fauna Südwest-Australien 5: 251-460 [398]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, NW coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

 

General References

Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia, supplement. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 267-298 [291]

 

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)