Species Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880)

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Species Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880)

Ecteinascidia crassa Herdman, W.A. 1880. Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Part 2. Ascidiidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 10: 714-726 [723].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH (depository uncertain, not found), Ki Is., 260 m, Indonesia [5°42'S 132°25'E].
Ecteinascidia fusca Herdman, W.A. 1880. Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Part 2. Ascidiidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 10: 714-726 [723].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH (depository uncertain, not found), Banda Is., 34 m, Indonesia.
Ciona indica Sluiter, C.P. 1904. Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Pt. I, Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56A: 1-126 [24].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA TU332, TU333, 8º23´30"S 119º4´36"E, 274 m, 8º19´S 117º41´E, 69 m, Indonesia.
Ecteinascidia (Rhopalopsis) solida Herdman, W.A. 1906. Report on the Tunicata. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Supplement Report 39: 295-348 [299] [as Ecteinascidia (?Rhopalopsis) solida].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1907.8.30.3, Galle, Coral Reef, Sri Lanka.
Rhopalaea sagamiana Oka, A. 1927. Über zwei neue Rhopalaea-Arten aus Japan. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 3: 681-683 [681].
Type data:
Syntype(s) UTZM 58-1 (M208), 339 (M482), south of Misaki, Sagami Province, Honshu, 150–300 m, Japan.
Rhopalaea macrothorax Tokioka, T. 1953. Ascidians of Sagami Bay. Tokyo : Iwanami Shoten 313 pp. 79 pls. [212].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BLIH 216, 250, 251, east half of Sagami Bay, Japan.
Rhopalaea perlucida Monniot, C. 1997. Ascidies phlébobranches du Canal du Mozambique. Zoosystematica Rossica 19(4): 557-571.
Type data:
Holotype MNHP P1 Rho A21, Nosy-Bé, banc de Sakatia, 20 m, Mozambique.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 1-266 [26]
Kott, P. 2003. New syntheses and new species in the Australian Ascidiacea. Journal of Natural History 37: 1611-1653 [1613]

Distribution

States

Queensland, 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

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
- Western Australia: Lower W coast

Oriental Region

Hong Kong
Indonesia
Philippines
Sri Lanka

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Common in coral reef habitats.

General References

Kott, P. 2003. New syntheses and new species in the Australian Ascidiacea. Journal of Natural History 37: 1611-1653 [1613]

History of changes

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

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

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