Species Trididemnum discrepans (Sluiter, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leptoclinum discrepans Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [77].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA TU579.1–TU579.2, Gisser, Nusa-laut Is., Indonesia.
• Didemnopsis jolense Van Name, W.G. 1918. Ascidians from the Philippines and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(1): 49-174 [147].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 6040, Jolo, Philippines, 20 m.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kott, P. 1998. Tunicata. 51-259, 259–261 (App. I–111), 265–292 (Index) in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 34. Hemichordata, Tunicata, Cephalochordata. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia 298 pp. [91]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
  • South Australia: S Gulfs coast
  • Western Australia: N coast
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• New Caledonia
• Palau
• Tonga

Oriental Region

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Aust. Terr.)
• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Thailand

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

 

General References

Kott, P. 2004. New and little known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (part 1). Journal of Natural History 38(6): 731-774 [761]

 

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)