Genus Polycitor Renier, 1804

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polycitor Renier, S.A. 1804. Prospetto della classe dei Vermi pp. XV–XXVII. Padua (see Porro, C. 1840, 'Nota per una Bibliografia Malacologie, Series III Geografica no. 1–4, pp. I–III and numbered columns 27–130). [XVII] [validated under plenary powers, see Hemming, F. & Noakes, D. (eds) 1958. Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. First instalment. London : International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 200 pp.].

  Type species:

   Polycitor crystallinus Renier, 1804 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Hemming, F. & Noakes, D. 1958. Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. First installment: Names 1–1274. London : Int. Trust. Zool. Nomencl. 200 pp.
• Paradistoma 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; junior objective synonym of Policitor Renier, 1804].

  Type species:

   Polycitor crystallinus Renier, 1804 by subsequent designation, see 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 [40].
• Tetrazona Michaelsen, W. 1930. Ascidiae Krikobranchiae. Fauna Südwest-Australien 5(7): 463-558 [481].

  Type species:

   Distoma glareosa Sluiter, 1906 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hartmeyer, R. 1912. Die Ascidien der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 16(3): 223-392 [298]
• Van Name, W.G. 1945. The North and South American ascidians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 84: 1-476 [132]

 

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
  • Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, NW coast
• French Polynesia
• New Caledonia

Oriental Region

• Philippines

General References

Caullery, M. 1909. Recherches sur la famille des Distomidae. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 42: 1-59 [43]

 

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)