Species Trididemnum savignii (Herdman, 1886)

Didemnum savignii 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 [261].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.2.4.398, ?Bermuda; BMNH 1887.2.4.399, ?Bermuda.
Type locality references:
Van Name, W.G. 1945. The North and South American ascidians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 84: 1-476 [100].
Didemnum tenebricosum Sluiter, C.P. 1909. Die Tunicaten der Siboga Expedition. Pt II. Die merosomen Ascidien. Siboga-Expéditie Report 56B: 1-112 [48].
Type data:
Neotype ZMA TU481, Roti Is., Indonesia.
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 [174].

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. [92]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

?West Indies.

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.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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: NE coast
- Western Australia: NW coast

Nearctic Region

United States of America
- Florida

Neotropical Region

Bermuda

Oriental Region

Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

General References

Kott, P. 2001. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 4, Didemnidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(1): 1-410 [281]

Kott, P. 2005. New and little known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (Part 3). Journal of Natural History 39(26): 2409-2479 [2458]

Kott, P. 2008. Biogeographic implications of Ascidiacea (Tunicata) from the Wessel Islands (Arafura Sea). The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 24: 63-77 [72] (new record)

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)