Species Pseudodiazona claviformis (Kott, 1963)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Protopolyclinum claviforme Kott, P. 1963. The ascidians of Australia IV. Aplousobranchiata Lahille; Polyclinidae Verrill (continued). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 14(1): 70-118 [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM U3920, Haystack, VIC.
  Paratype(s) AM U3919.
• Pseudodiazona sabulosa Millar, R.H. 1963. Australian ascidians in the British Museum (Natural History). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 141(4): 689-746 [718].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 85.11.20.34, Port Phillip, VIC.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 85.11.20.35; BMNH 85.11.20.36; BMNH 85.11.20.37; BMNH 85.11.20.38; BMNH 85.11.20.39–43.
• Patridium pulvinatum Kott, P. 1975. The ascidians of South Australia III. Northern sector of the Great Australian Bight and additional records. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 99(1): 1-20 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA E1043, northern Great Australian Bight, 42 m, SA [32°24'S 133°30'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 1-266 [31]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lower E coast
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine, rock bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

10–100 m.

 

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)