Species Pycnoclavella diminuta (Kott, 1957)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Clavelina diminuta Kott, P. 1957. Ascidians of Australia II. Aplousobranchiata Lahille; Clavelinidae Forbes and Hanley and Polyclinidae Verrill. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 8(1): 64-110 [89].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM Y1160, Rottnest Is., WA.
• Clavelina nodula Kott, P. 1972. The ascidians of South Australia II. Eastern Sector of the Great Australian Bight and Investigator Strait. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 96(4): 165-196 [166].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA E898, off Waldegrave Is., SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA E908.
• Archidistoma richeri Monniot, F. 1988. Ascidies de Nouvelle-Calédonie V. Polycitoridae du Lagon. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 10A(2): 197-235 [199].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A3-ARC-4, lagoon, New Caledonia.
• Archidistoma rubripunctum Monniot, F. 1988. Ascidies de Nouvelle-Calédonie V. Polycitoridae du Lagon. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 10A(2): 197-235 [200].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A3-ARC-6, outside barrier reef, lagoon, 20–25 m, New Caledonia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 1-266 [73]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), 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), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, SE oceanic
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast
• New Caledonia

Oriental Region

• Philippines

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

5–20 m in caves and under ledges.

 

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)