Species Polysyncraton cuculliferum (Sluiter, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diplosomoides cuculliferum Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [90].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA TU490, off Pulu Jedan, east coast of Aru Is (pearl banks), 13 m, Indonesia.
• Polysyncraton echinatum Kott, P. 2001. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 4, Didemnidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(1): 1-410 [101].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G302987, Wistari Reef, near landing stage, low tide, Great Barrier Reef.
  Paratype(s) QM G300911.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 2002. Ascidiacea (Tunicata) from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 18: 19-55 [30]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

 

General References

Kott, P. 2004. New and little known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (part 2). Journal of Natural History 38(19): 2455-2526 [2476]

Kott, P. 2005. New and little known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (Part 3). Journal of Natural History 39(26): 2409-2479 [2427]

 

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)