Genus Halocynthia Verrill, 1879
- Halocynthia Verrill, A.E. 1879. Contributions to the natural history of Arctic America, made in connection with the Howgate Polar Expedition, 1877–78. Molluscoids. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 15: 147-150 [147] [nomen conservandum, see Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1182. Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: Removal of homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 174–177; Hartmeyer, R. 1915. Ascidiarum nomina conservanda. 247–258 in Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1915b: 247–258; Hartmeyer, R., Michaelsen, W. & Sluiter, C.P. 1915. Tunicata. Ascidiae. In, Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1915: 185–186].
Type species:
Tethyum papillosum Gunnerus, 1765 by subsequent designation, see Huntsman, A.G. 1912. Ascidians from the coasts of Canada. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute 9: 111-148 [135].Secondary source:
Hartmeyer, R. 1915. Ascidiarum nomina conservanda. pp. 247-258 in Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1915b: 247-258; Hartmeyer, R., Michaelsen, W. & Sluiter, C.P. 1915. Tunicata. Ascidiae. In, Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1915: 185–186.; Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1182. Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: Removal of homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 174-177. - Tethyum Bohadsch, J.B. 1761. Bohadsch dequibusdam Animalibus marinis eorumque protietatibus liber. cap. vii (De Tethys), pp. 128–135 pl. x fig. 1–6 Dresden. [130] [senior homonym suppressed in favour of Halocynthia Verrill, 1879, see Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1182. Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: Removal of homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 174–177; Hartmeyer, R. 1915. Ascidiarum nomina conservanda. 247–258 in Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1915b: 247–258; Hartmeyer, R., Michaelsen, W. & Sluiter, C.P. 1915. Tunicata. Ascidiae. In, Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1915: 185–186].
Type species:
Tethyum papillosum Gunnerus, 1765 by subsequent designation, see Huntsman, A.G. 1912. Ascidians from the coasts of Canada. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute 9: 111-148 [135].Secondary source:
Hartmeyer, R. 1915. Ascidiarum nomina conservanda. pp. 247-258 in Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1915b: 247-258; Hartmeyer, R., Michaelsen, W. & Sluiter, C.P. 1915. Tunicata. Ascidiae. In, Apstein, C. Nomina Conservanda. Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1915: 185–186.; Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1182. Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: Removal of homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 174-177.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
North Pacific Ocean to California and Japan, north Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), 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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast, SE oceanic
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast, SE oceanic
- South Australia: S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, SE oceanic, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- New Caledonia
Oriental Region
- Sri Lanka
Distribution References
- Harant, H. 1929. Ascidies provenant des croisières du Prince Albert 1er de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco Monaco 75: 1-110
- Hartmeyer, R. 1923. Ascidiacea, part I. Zugleich eine Übersicht über die Arktische und boreale Ascidienfauna auf tiergeographischer Grundlage. Ingolf-Exped 2(6): 1-365
- Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440
- Millar, R.H. 1962. Further descriptions of South African ascidians. Annals of the South African Museum 56(7): 113-221
- Nishikawa, T. 1991. The ascidians of the Japan Sea. II. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 35(1–3): 26-170
- Van Name, W.G. 1945. The North and South American ascidians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 84: 1-476
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 14-Dec-2012 | 14-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |