Species Pyura spinosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

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Species Pyura spinosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Ascidie spinosa 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. [615].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP S2 PYU 160, King George Sound, Albany, WA.
Cynthia cerebriformis Herdman, W.A. 1881. Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger Expedition. Cynthiidae, Molgulidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 11(3): 52-88 [57].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.2.4.47, Port Jackson, NSW.
Cynthia cataphracta Herdman, W.A. 1898. Note on the Tunicata fauna of Australian seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(1): 443-450 [445] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s).
Cynthia cataphracta Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [31].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM U250 (G2066), Port Jackson, NSW.
Pyura leeuwinia Kott, P. 1952. Ascidians of Australia. 1. Stolidobranchiata and Phlebobranchiata. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(3): 206-333 [277].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM Y1840, Y1841, north side of Trigg's Is., WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [327]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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
- Tasmania: Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Turbulent conditions off rocky coasts.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
14-Dec-2012	14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
05-Sep-2012	05-Sep-2012	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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