Species Ascidia archaia Sluiter, 1890

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Species Ascidia archaia Sluiter, 1890

Ascidia archaia Sluiter, C.P. 1890. Die Evertebraten aus der Sammlung des Königlichen Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Niederländisch Indien in Batavia. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 50: 329-348 [346].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA TU212, coral reef 'Vader Smit', Bay of Jakarta (as Djakarta), Indonesia.
Ascidia aperta Sluiter, C.P. 1904. Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Pt. I, Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56A: 1-126 [38].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ZMA TU206, TU211, 2.3 miles N 63ºW from north point of Nuhu Jaan, 70 m, Kei Is., Indonesia [5°36'30"S 132°55'12"E]; ZMA TU211, 2.3 miles N 63ºW from north point of Nuhu Jaan, 70 m, Kei Is., Indonesia [5°36'30"S 132°55'12"E].
Ascidia rhabdophora Sluiter, C.P. 1904. Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Pt. I, Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56A: 1-126 [45].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (see Spoel, S. van der 1969. Catalogue of the type specimens of Tunicata in the Zoological Museum in Amsterdam. Bulletin Zoologisch Museum van Amsterdam 1(13): 157–200 [162]), Damar Is., 90 m, Indonesia.
Phallusia corelloides Van Name, W.G. 1924. Bijdragen tot de kennis der fauna van Curaçao. Resultaten einer Reis van Dr C.J. Van der Horst in 1920. Ascidians from Curaçao. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 23: 23-32 [27].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 730, Caracas Bay, Curaçao, West Indies.
Paratype(s) ZMA TU736.1, TU736.2, TU156.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [26]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West Indies; west Pacific Ocean.

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

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef
- Western Australia: NW coast

Neotropical Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones and rubble near reef crest of coral reefs, on sandy bottoms with coral and shells.

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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