Genus Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843

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• Rhopalaea Philippi 1843. Rhopalaea eine neues genus der einfachen Ascidien. Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie, Leipzig 1: 45-47 [45].

  Type species:

   Rhopalaea neapolitana Philippi, 1843 by monotypy.
• Rhopalona Roule, L. 1886. Revision des espèces de Phallusiadées des côtes de Provence. Recueil Zoologique Suisse 2: 209-258 [214] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843].
• Rhopalopsis Herdman, W.A. 1891. On the genus Ecteinascidia and its relations; with descriptions of two new species, and a classification of the family Clavelinidae. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 5: 144-163 [160].

  Type species:

   Ecteinascidia crassa Herdman, 1880 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Van Name, W.G. 1921. Ascidians of the West Indian region and south-eastern United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 44: 283-494 [370]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mediterranean Sea, tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean, west Atlantic Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Mozambique

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
  • Western Australia: Lower W coast

Oriental Region

• Hong Kong
• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka

Palaearctic Region

• Japan
• Norway

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2012		28-Aug-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)