Species Nephtheis fascicularis (Drasche, 1882)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Oxycorynia fascicularis Drasche, R. von 1882. Oxycorinia, eine neue Synascidien-Gattung. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 32: 175-178 [175].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH 540K, Rouk Is., Hogolen, Caroline Is.
• Colella thomsoni Herdman, W.A. 1886. Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Pt II, Ascidiae compositae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 14(38): 1-425 [94].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.2.3.226–230, 20 m, Philippines [6°54'N 122°18'E].
• Nephtheis malayensis Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [36].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMA TU1270, Saleyer Is., reef, Indonesia.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMA TU697.

  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 [184].

  Type locality 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.
• Nephtheis centripetens Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [38].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA TU695, off Java, Gebé, Saleyer, Kei and Aru Ils, Siboga Expedition Stations 7, 149, 213, 258, 273; ZMA TU696.1–5, off Java, Gebé, Saleyer, Kei and Aru Ils, Siboga Expedition Stations 7, 149, 213, 258, 273.

  Type locality 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.
• Nephtheis faciformis Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [39].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMA TU1067, 369 m, Indonesia [8°20'30"S 119°04'36"E].
  Paralectotype(s) ZMA TU1300.

  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 [184].

  Type locality references:

  Tydeman, G.F. 1902. Liste des stations de la campagne scientifique du Siboga pp. 1–15 in, Weber, M. Introduction et description de l'expedition Siboga Exped. 1 mono., livre 3 + 2 maps. 176 pp.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Michaelsen, W. 1930. Ascidiae Krikobranchiae. Fauna Südwest-Australien 5(7): 463-558 [469]
• Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 1-266 [63]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ponape Is., Sulu 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 Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: NE coast
  • Western Australia: N coast, NW coast
• New Caledonia

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
• Philippines

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

From low tide.

 

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)