Species Soestia zonaria (Pallas, 1774)

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Species Soestia zonaria (Pallas, 1774)

Holothurium zonarium Pallas, P.S. 1774. In, Spicelegia Zoologica. Pt 10. Berolini : G.A. Lange Vol. 1 41 pp. [26].
Type data:
Status unknown, near island of Antigua.
Secondary source:
Deshayes, G.P. & Milne Edwards, H. 1840. Tuniciers. pp. 473-541 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Ballière Vol. 3 770 pp. [518].
Salpa polycratica Forsskål, P. 1775. Salpa. pp. 112-117 in, Descriptions Animalium …; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Hauniae : Heineck & Faber. 164 pp. [publication date established from Melville, R.V. 1969. Salpa Forskål, 1775 (Tunicata): Validated under the Plenary Powers with designation of a type species for Thalia Blumenbach, 1798. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26(3): 136–138] [116].
Type data:
Status unknown, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea.
Secondary source:
Deshayes, G.P. & Milne Edwards, H. 1840. Tuniciers. pp. 473-541 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Ballière Vol. 3 770 pp.
Salpa unicuspidata Blainville, H.M.D. de 1827. Salpa. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26(3): 136-138 [116].
Type data:
Status unknown, Straits of Gibraltar.
Salpa cordiformis Blainville, H.M.D. de 1827. Salpa. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26(3): 136-138 [120].
Type data:
Status unknown, Straits of Gibraltar, Mediterranean Sea.
Salpa microstoma Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1827. Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe en mai 1826, dans le détroit de Gibraltar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 1(10): 172-237 & c pls i, ii, viiiA [226].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP (not found), Straits of Gibraltar.
Salpa nitida Herdman, W.A. 1888. Report upon the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 27(76): 1-166 pls i-xi [81].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH (depository uncertain, not found), north of Admiralty Is. [2°15'N 146°16'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Metcalf, M.M. 1918. The Salpidae; a taxonomic study. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 2 100(2): 5-193 pls i-xiv [100]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic Ocean between 40ºS and Iceland, western and central Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, west Pacific Ocean to Japan, and east Pacific from Straits of Magellan to Alaska.

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

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait

Nearctic Region

United States of America
- Alaska

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, planktonic.

Extra Ecological Information

Common in most temperate waters.

General References

Thompson, H. 1945. Pelagic Tunicates of Australia. Melbourne : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 196 pp. 75 pls.

History of changes

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

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