Species Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)

Museums

Museum list

Regional Maps

Species Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)

Styela procera Sluiter, C.P. 1885. Ueber einige einfachen Ascidien von der Insel Billiton. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 45: 160-232 [196].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA TU1047, between Mendanau and Billiton, 12 m, Indonesia.
Polycarpa doderleini Hartmeyer, R. 1906. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der japanischen Ascidienfauna. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 1-30 [15] [as Polycarpa döderleini].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 2232, Sagami Bay, 100–200 m, Japan.
Polycarpa fristedti Michaelsen, W. 1923. Neue und altbekannte ascidien aus dem Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum und Institut, Hamburg 40: 1-60 [46].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM 1486, Sri Lanka.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [196]

Distribution

States

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

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 Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- South Australia: S Gulfs coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

Indonesia
Singapore
Sri Lanka

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Sea floor habitats, partially embedded in substrate.

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)

Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory