Species Pyura sacciformis (Drasche, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cynthia sacciformis Drasche, R. von 1884. Ueber einige neue und weniger gekannte aussereuropäische einfache Ascidien. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien 48: 369-387 [376].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 57, Yokohama, Japan.
• Cynthia japonica Traustedt, M.P.A. 1885. Ascidiae simplices far det Stille Ocean. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1884: 1-160 [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, Japan.
• Cynthia sanderi Traustedt, M.P.A. & Weltner, W. 1894. Bericht über die von Herrn Dr Sander gesammelten Tunicaten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 60(1): 10-14 [11].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 382, 383, Nagasaki, Japan.
• Halocynthia michaelseni Oka, A. 1906. Notizen über japanische ascidien 1. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 6(1): 37-52 [46].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, UTZM (depository uncertain, not found), Ozika Peninsula, Japan.
• Halocynthia jokoboja Oka, A. 1906. Notizen über japanische ascidien 1. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 6(1): 37-52 [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype UTZM 338 M22, Tatyama, Japan.
• Hyalocynthia histrix Oka, A. 1930. Ueber eine merkwürdige Cynthiide aus der Bucht von Sagami. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 6: 317-320 [317].

  Type data:

   Holotype UTZM 242 (M124), Sagami Bay, Japan.
• Pyura aspera Tokioka, T. 1949. Contributions to the Japanese ascidian fauna I. Ascidians collected by Prof. Mijadi and Mr Masui during the bottom survey 1934–1940. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 1: 1-18 [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMBL 357, Matoya Bay, Japan.
• Pyura masuii Tokioka, T. 1949. Contributions to the Japanese ascidian fauna II. Notes on some ascidians collected chiefly along the coast of Kii Peninsula. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 1(2): 39-64 [57].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMBL 102, Tokyo Bay, Japan.
• Pyura plicata Kott, P. 1952. Ascidians of Australia. 1. Stolidobranchiata and Phlebobranchiata. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(3): 206-333 [278].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM Y1856, on jetty piles, Hamelin Bay, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [321]
• Nishikawa, T. 1991. The ascidians of the Japan Sea. II. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 35(1–3): 26-170 [131]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
  • Tasmania: Tas. coast
  • Western Australia: SW coast
• Fiji

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Sometimes covered with sand or epibionts including Porifera.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2012		14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
05-Sep-2012		05-Sep-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)