Species Styela clava Herdman, 1881

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Species Styela clava Herdman, 1881

Styela clava 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 [70].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.2.4.82, off Kobé, 16 m, Japan [34°35'N 135°10'E].
Styela mammiculata Carlisle, D.B. 1954. Styela mammiculata n.sp., a new species of ascidian from the Plymouth area. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 32(2): 329-334 [329].
Type data:
Status unknown, Plymouth, UK.

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

English Channel, Irish Sea, north-west Pacific Ocean.

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Western Province (6)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Victoria: Bass Strait

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Probably introduced to Australian waters.

General References

Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440 [115]

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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