Genus Eudistoma Caullery, 1909

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• Eudistoma Caullery, M. 1909. Recherches sur la famille des Distomidae. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 42: 1-59 [44] [first introduced as a subgenus of Distoma Savigny, 1816; the name Eudistoma Caullery, 1909 given preference over Paessleria Michaelsen, 1907, see ICZN Opinion 1865. 1997. Eudistoma Caullery, 1909 (Tunicata): given precedence over Paessleria Michaelsen, 1907. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 54(1): 70–71].

  Type species:

   Distoma rubrum Savigny, 1816 by subsequent designation, see Michaelsen, W. 1930. Ascidiae Krikobranchiae. Fauna Südwest-Australien 5(7): 463-558 [489].

  Secondary source:

   ICZN Opinion 1865. 1997. Eudistoma Caullery, 1909 (Tunicata): given precedence over Paessleria Michaelsen, 1907. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 54(1): 70-71.
• Distoma Savigny, J.C. 1816. Recherches anatomiques sur les ascidies composées et sur les ascidies simples—Système de la classe des Ascidies pp. 1–239. In Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres, Pt 2. Paris : G. Dufour. [178] [junior homonym of Distoma Retzius, 1786 (Trematoda)].

  Type species:

   Distoma rubrum Savigny, 1816 by monotypy.
• Paessleria Michaelsen, W. 1907. Tunicaten pp. 1–84 in, Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise. Hamburg : L. Friederichsen & Co. Vol. 8(5). [68] [suppressed in favour of the name Eudistoma Caullery, 1909, see ICZN Opinion 1865. 1997. Eudistoma Caullery, 1909 (Tunicata): given precedence over Paessleria Michaelsen, 1907. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 54(1): 70–71].

  Type species:

   Paessleria magalhaensis Michaelsen, 1907 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   ICZN Opinion 1865. 1997. Eudistoma Caullery, 1909 (Tunicata): given precedence over Paessleria Michaelsen, 1907. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 54(1): 70-71.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Michaelsen, W. 1930. Ascidiae Krikobranchiae. Fauna Südwest-Australien 5(7): 463-558 [492]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical and temperate Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), 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), Central Western Province (6), Southern Province (8)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• South Africa

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast, SE oceanic
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast, SE oceanic
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, NW coast
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Hawaii
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• India
• Indonesia
• Philippines

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Distribution References

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)