Species Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP (depository uncertain, not found), Red Sea.- Styela partita Stimpson, W. 1852. Several new ascidians from the coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 228-232 [231].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANSP (depository uncertain), Boston Harbour, west of Governor's Island, USA. - Styela variabilis Hancock, A. 1868. On the anatomy and physiology of the Tunicata. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 9: 309-346 [318].
Type data:
Holotype HMN, Herm and Guernsey, Channel Is., UK.
Paratype(s) BMNH 00.4.4.90. - Cynthia stellifera Verrill, A.E. 1871. Descriptions of some imperfectly known and new ascidians from New England. American Journal of Science 3 1: 54-58, 93-100, 211-212, 288-294, 443-446 [93].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Vineyard Sound, New Haven, Conneticut, USA. - Styela canopoides Heller, C. 1877. Untersuchungen über die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittlemeeres (3). Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien 37(1): 241-275 [254].
Type data:
Holotype NHMW (depository uncertain), Lesina, Adriatic Sea. - Styela partita bermudiensis Van Name, W.G. 1902. The ascidians of the Bermuda Islands. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 11: 325-412 [338] [as Styela partita var. bermudiensis].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Bermuda. - Styela orbicularis Sluiter, C.P. 1904. Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Pt. I, Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56A: 1-126 [71].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMA TU976.22, 538 m, Indonesia [7°19'24"S 116°49'30"E].
Paralectotype(s) ZMA TU976.21.Subsequent designation references:
Spoel, S. van der 1969. Catalogue of the type specimens of Tunicata in the Zoological Museum in Amsterdam. Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 1(13): 157-200 [195]. - Styela marquesana Michaelsen, W. 1918. Die Ptychobranchen und Diktyobranchen Ascidien des westlichen Indischen Ozeans. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 35(2): 1-71 [27].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 3300, Delgoa Bay, near Lourenço Marques, Mozambique. - Styela barbaris Kott, P. 1952. Ascidians of Australia. 1. Stolidobranchiata and Phlebobranchiata. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(3): 206-333 [224].
Type data:
Holotype AM Y1689, southside, Peel Is., 3 m, Moreton Bay, QLD. - Styela rectangularis Kott, P. 1952. Ascidians of Australia. 1. Stolidobranchiata and Phlebobranchiata. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(3): 206-333 [224].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM Y1700, Y783, jetty piles, or hull of ship, Fremantle, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [112]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Torres Strait, Coral Sea, west Pacific Ocean, Korea, tropical and temperate Atlantic Ocean, Persian Gulf, Adriatic, Mediterranean, Ascension Is., Channel Is., west coast of France.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- Western Australia: Lower W coast, NW coast
Oriental Region
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
Palaearctic Region
- France
- Japan
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2012 | 14-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |