Species Pyura gangelion (Savigny, 1816)
- Pyura obesa Hartmeyer, R. 1919. Ascidien. In, Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. K. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 60(4): 1–150. [14] [junior homonym of Pyrua obesa Sluiter, 1912].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM 1041, 45 miles WSW Cape Jaubert, 120–144 m, WA. - Pyura robusta Hartmeyer, R. 1922. Miscellanea Ascidiologica. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 10: 299-323 [319] [nom. nov. for Pyrua obesa Hartmeyer, 1919].
- Pyura albanyensis Michaelsen, W. 1927. Einige neue westaustralische ptychobranchiate Ascidien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 71: 193-203 [193].
Type data:
Holotype MGH K1395, Oyster Harbour, Albany, 0.75–5.5 m, WA. - Pyura scoresbiensis Kott, P. 1972. The ascidians of South Australia I. Spencer Gulf, St Vincent Gulf and Encounter Bay. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 96(1): 1-52 [36].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA E876, off Semaphore, Gulf St Vincent, 18 m, SA.
Paratype(s) SAMA E892, E912. - Halocynthia sansibarica Michaelsen, W. 1908. Die Pyuriden (Halocynthiiden) des Naturhistorischen Museum zu Hamburg. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum und Institut, Hamburg 25(2): 227-287 [251].
Type data:
Holotype MGH T 91, Zanzibar. - Pyura tongaea Monniot, C. & Monniot, F. 1976. Les ascidies de la côte du Mozambique. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 90(2): 357-393 [381].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP S2 PYU 21, d'Inhaca, Mozambique.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [315] (P. albanyensis, P. scoresbiensis)
- Monniot, C. 2002. Stolidobranch ascidians from the tropical western Indian Ocean. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 135: 65-102 [100] (Halocynthia sansibarica)
- Kott, P. 2004. Ascidiacea (Tunicata) in Australian waters of the Timor and Arafura Seas. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 20: 37-81 [73]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Red Sea, Zanzibar.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Djibouti
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- South Australia: S Gulfs coast
- Western Australia: N coast, SW coast
- New Caledonia
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
History of changes
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14-Dec-2012 | 14-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |