Species Pyura australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Sea Tulips
- Ascidia australis Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Zoologie, Mollusques pp. 559–626. in, Voyages de découvertes de l'Astrolabe 1826–1829, Vol. 3. Paris : Pilet Ainé. [614].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP S2 PYU67, King George Sound, Albany, WA; MNHP S2 PYU68, King George Sound, Albany, WA; MNHP S2 PYU260, King George Sound, Albany, WA; MNHP S2 PYU261, King George Sound, Albany, WA; MNHP S2 PYU263, King George Sound, Albany, WA; MNHP S2 PYU264, King George Sound, Albany, WA. - Pyura australis parvispinatus Kott, P. 1952. Ascidians of Australia. 1. Stolidobranchiata and Phlebobranchiata. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(3): 206-333 [268] [as Pyura australis var. parvispinatus].
Type data:
Holotype AM 1836, Rottnest Is., WA.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
One record from Lizard Is., QLD.
IMCRA
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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast
- South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Subtidal waters–20 m.
General References
Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [291]
History of changes
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