Species Polycitor giganteus (Herdman, 1899)

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Species Polycitor giganteus (Herdman, 1899)

Polycitor giganteum Herdman, W.A. 1898. Note on the Tunicata fauna of Australian seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(1): 443-450 [448] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s).
Polyclinum giganteum Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [79].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM U163 (G2099), Port Jackson, NSW.
Polyclinum globosum Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [80].
Type data:

Syntype(s) AM U157 (G2100), Port Jackson, NSW; AM G12253, Port Jackson, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 1-266 [171]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, 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

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast
- South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow subtidal waters–24 m.

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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