Genus Symplegma Herdman, 1886

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Genus Symplegma Herdman, 1886

Symplegma Herdman, W.A. 1886. Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Pt II, Ascidiae compositae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 14(38): 1-425 [144].
Type species:
Symplegma viride Herdman, 1886 by monotypy.
Diandrocarpa Van Name, W.G. 1902. The ascidians of the Bermuda Islands. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 11: 325-412 [382].
Type species:
Diandrocarpa botryllopsis Van Name, 1902 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Huus, J. 1937. Ascidiaceae. pp. 545-692 in Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, T. (eds). Handbuch der Zoologie. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter Vol. 5(2). [675]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical west Pacific, Atlantic 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

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Mozambique

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
- South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs, S Gulfs coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, NW coast
Fiji
New Caledonia
Palau

Neotropical Region

Bermuda
Brazil
Guadeloupe
Jamaica

Oriental Region

China (People's Republic)
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Thailand

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Distribution References

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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