Species Polycarpa hartmeyeri Michaelsen, 1927

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polycarpa hartmeyeri Michaelsen, W. 1927. Einige neue westaustralische ptychobranchiate Ascidien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 71: 193-203 [199].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 3745, Shark Bay, 12 m, WA.
• Polycarpa lucilla Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [171].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH1396, deep, Abbot Point, 20 m, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 1998. Tunicata. 51-259, 259–261 (App. I–111), 265–292 (Index) in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 34. Hemichordata, Tunicata, Cephalochordata. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia 298 pp. [209]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coast
  • South Australia: S Gulfs coast
  • Western Australia: NW coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Temperate records from seagrass beds.

 

General References

Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia, supplement. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 267-298 [272]

 

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)