Genus Polycarpa Heller, 1877
- Polycarpa Heller, C. 1877. Untersuchungen über die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittlemeeres (3). Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien 37(1): 241-275 [259] [nomen conservandum, see Hartmeyer, R. 1915. Ascidiarum nomina conservanda. 247–258 in Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1915b: 247–258; Hartmeyer, R. 1923. Ascidiacea, part I. Zugleich eine Übersicht über die Arktische und boreale Ascidienfauna auf tiergeographischer Grundlage. Ingolf-Exped. 2(6): 1–365].
Type species:
Polycarpa varians Heller, 1877 by original designation (= Cynthia pomaria Heller, 1816).Secondary source:
Hartmeyer, R. 1915. Ascidiarum nomina conservanda. pp. 247-258 in Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1915b: 247-258; Hartmeyer, R. 1923. Ascidiacea, part I. Zugleich eine Übersicht über die Arktische und boreale Ascidienfauna auf tiergeographischer Grundlage. Ingolf-Exped 2(6): 1-365. - Pandocia Fleming, J. 1822. Philosophy of Zoology; or a general view of the structure, functions, and classifications of animals. Edinburgh : Hurst Vol. 2 618 pp. [511] [senior synonym suppressed in favour of Polycarpa Heller, 1877 as nomen conservandum, see Hartmeyer, R. 1915. Ascidiarum nomina conservanda. 247–258 in Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1915b: 247–258; Sneli, J.A. & Gulliksen, B. 1975. Ascidia singularis Gunnerus, 1770 and Distomus mammillaris Pallas, 1774: proposed suppression; Polycarpa Heller, 1877 (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) proposed type species designation under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32(3): 158–160].
Type species:
Pandocia conchilega Fleming, 1822 by original designation.Secondary source:
Hartmeyer, R. 1915. Ascidiarum nomina conservanda. pp. 247-258 in Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1915b: 247-258; Sneli, J.A. & Gulliksen, B. 1975. Ascidia singularis Gunnerus, 1770 and Distomus mammillaris Pallas, 1774: proposed suppression; Polycarpa Heller, 1877 (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) proposed type species designation under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32(3): 158-160. - Glandula Stimpson, W. 1852. Several new ascidians from the coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 228-232 [230] [senior synonym suppressed in favour of Polycarpa Heller, 1877 as nomen conservandum, see Hartmeyer, R. 1915. Ascidiarum nomina conservanda. 247–258 in Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1915b: 247–258; Hartmeyer, R. 1924. Ascidiacea, part II. Zugleich eine Übersicht über die Arktische und boreale Ascidienfauna auf tiergeographischer Grundlage. Ingolf-Exped. 2(7): 1–275; Sneli, J.A. & Gulliksen, B. 1975. Ascidia singularis Gunnerus, 1770 and Distomus mammillaris Pallas, 1774: proposed suppression; Polycarpa Heller, 1877 (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) proposed type species designation under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32(3): 158–160].
Type species:
Glandula fibrosa Stimpson, 1852 by subsequent designation, see Heller, C. 1875. Untersuchungen über die Tunicaten des Adriatischen Meeres (2). Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien 36: 107-125.Secondary source:
Hartmeyer, R. 1915. Ascidiarum nomina conservanda. pp. 247-258 in Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1915b: 247-258; Hartmeyer, R. 1924. Ascidiacea, part II. Zugleich eine Übersicht über die Arktische und boreale Ascidienfauna auf tiergeographischer Grundlage. Ingolf-Exped 2(7): 1-275; Sneli, J.A. & Gulliksen, B. 1975. Ascidia singularis Gunnerus, 1770 and Distomus mammillaris Pallas, 1774: proposed suppression; Polycarpa Heller, 1877 (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) proposed type species designation under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32(3): 158-160. - Paratona Huntsman, A.G. 1913. The classification of the Styelidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 41: 482-501 [501].
Type species:
Polycarpa elata Heller, 1878 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Huus, J. 1937. Ascidiaceae. pp. 545-692 in Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, T. (eds). Handbuch der Zoologie. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter Vol. 5(2). [676]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Subtropical convergence to tropical west Pacific Ocean, Japan, Mediterranean, tropical Atlantic Ocean, northeast Atlantic Ocean.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Norfolk Island Province (21), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), 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
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast, SE oceanic
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast, SE oceanic
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast, SW coast
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- New Caledonia
- Palau
- Solomon Islands
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
- China (People's Republic)
- India
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Vietnam
Palaearctic Region
- Japan
Distribution References
- Berrill, N.J. 1950. The Tunicata. Ray Society Publications 133: 1-354
- Harant, H. 1929. Ascidies provenant des croisières du Prince Albert 1er de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco Monaco 75: 1-110
- Hartmeyer, R. 1923. Ascidiacea, part I. Zugleich eine Übersicht über die Arktische und boreale Ascidienfauna auf tiergeographischer Grundlage. Ingolf-Exped 2(6): 1-365
- Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440
- Millar, R.H. 1962. Further descriptions of South African ascidians. Annals of the South African Museum 56(7): 113-221
- Millar, R.H. 1982. The marine fauna of New Zealand. Memoirs of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 85: 1-117
- Nishikawa, T. 1991. The ascidians of the Japan Sea. II. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 35(1–3): 26-170
- Van Name, W.G. 1945. The North and South American ascidians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 84: 1-476
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |