- Cynthia arcuata Heller, C. 1878. Beiträge zur nähern Kenntnis der Tunicaten. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 77(1): 1-28 [11] [may be a specimen of Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878), see Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1–440 [331]].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, New South Wales.Secondary source:
Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440. - Cynthia laevissima Stimpson, W. 1855. Tunicata in descriptions of some new marine invertebrates. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 387-388 [387] [described as having a pale orange, smooth, glossy body with small red apertures; the presence of 20 branchial folds (10 per side?) and 'fimbriated' tentacles suggests the genus Microcosmus, although at this stage its identity cannot be determined].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Port Jackson, NSW. - Cynthia sabulosa Stimpson, W. 1855. Tunicata in descriptions of some new marine invertebrates. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 387-388 [387] [not Ascidia sabulosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (=Molgula sabulosa); it is a styelid, although the generic placement cannot be determined from the original description].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Port Jackson, NSW. - Cynthia solanoides Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [29] [Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1–440 (318) thought it was Microcosmus solanoides; it may be a specimen of Pyura stolonifera (Heller, 1878) but the holotype is in poor condition and it is not possible to confirm its identity].
Type data:
Holotype AM U360, Port Jackson, NSW.Secondary source:
Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440. - Molgula inconspicua Stimpson, W. 1855. Tunicata in descriptions of some new marine invertebrates. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 387-388 [387] [unidentifiable from the information given].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Port Jackson, NSW. - Molgula recumbens Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [56] [name first listed by Herdman, W.A. 1898. Note on the Tunicata fauna of Australian seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(1): 443–450 (444), nom. nud; Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1–440 (379) suggests that this may be an early introduction of Molgula manhattensis (Kay, 1843)].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Port Jackson, NSW. - Polycarpa elata Heller, C. 1878. Beiträge zur nähern Kenntnis der Tunicaten. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 77(1): 1-28 [25] [Michaelsen, W. 1905. Revision von Heller's Ascidien-Typen aus dem Museum Godeffroy. Zoologische Jahrbucher Suppl. 8: 71–120 (112) redescribed the holotype including the upright endocarps on the body wall, lobed anal border, and numerous sausage-shaped gonads; Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1–440 (1814) thought it a probable senior synonym of Polycarpa papillata (Sluiter, 1885); the holotype has not been re-examined].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH, Bowen, QLD. - Polycarpa jacksoniana Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [50] [name first listed by Herdman, W.A. 1898. Note on the Tunicata fauna of Australian seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(1): 443–450 [446], nom. nud; information on gonads that would allow precise characterisation is not available; the holotype has not been re-examined].
Type data:
Holotype AM G2085, Port Jackson, NSW.Secondary source:
Herdman, W.A. 1898. Note on the Tunicata fauna of Australian seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(1): 443-450. - Polycarpa nebulosa Heller, C. 1878. Beiträge zur nähern Kenntnis der Tunicaten. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 77(1): 1-28 [24] [Michaelsen, W. 1905. Revision von Heller's Ascidien-Typen aus dem Museum Godeffroy. Zoologische Jahrbucher Suppl. 8: 71–120 redescribed the holotype; it is possible synonym of Polycarpa papillata (Sluiter, 1885) the anal border being fringed with long lobes, but the arrangement of endocarps and gonads that would confirm its identity is not known; the holotype has not been re-examined].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH (depository uncertain), QLD.Secondary source:
Michaelsen, W. 1905. Revision von Heller's Ascidien-Typen aus dem Museum Godeffroy. Zoologische Jahrbücher Suppl. 8: 71-120. - Polycarpa sacciformis Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [48] [name first listed by Herdman, W.A. 1898. Note on the Tunicata fauna of Australian seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(1): 443–450 [446], nom. nud.; Kott, P. 1952. Ascidians of Australia. 1. Stolidobranchiata and Phlebobranchiata. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(3): 206–333 (241) found the holotype in poor condition, only the gut being intact, but inadequate for confident characterisation].
Type data:
Holotype AM U249/ G2084, Port Jackson, NSW. - Polycarpa stephenensis Herdman, W.A. 1899. Descriptive catalogue of the Tunicata in the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Catalogue 17: 1-139 [45] [although Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1–440 thought this probably conspecific with Polycarpa pigmentata Herdman, 1906, this may be a valid species with more numerous gonads than others in the pendunculata group].
Type data:
Holotype AM U148/ G2082, Port Jackson, NSW.Secondary source:
Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440. - Polycarpa stimpsoni Heller, C. 1878. Beiträge zur nähern Kenntnis der Tunicaten. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 77(1): 1-28 [23] [has a wide gut loop and the atrial aperture further back along the dorsal surface than in Polycarpa tinctor (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) and Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885), which otherwise have similar egg-shaped bodies with sand-encrusted test; Michaelsen, W. 1905. Revision von Heller's Ascidien-Typen aus dem Museum Godeffroy. Zoologische Jahrbucher Suppl. 8: 71–120 found the holotype dried out and other details of its structure could not be determined; a specimen from Bass Strait identified by Heller as P. stimpsoni is not conspecific; Heller thought the species may be identical Cynthia sabulosa Stimpson, 1855, from the same locality, but there is no evidence that this is so].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH (depository uncertain), Port Jackson, NSW.Secondary source:
Michaelsen, W. 1905. Revision von Heller's Ascidien-Typen aus dem Museum Godeffroy. Zoologische Jahrbücher Suppl. 8: 71-120. - Styela exigua 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 [68] [Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1–440 [141] believed that this is a member of the genus Cnemidocarpa, however insufficient information is available to confirm either the generic or specific identity; gonads were not detected in the holotype].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.2.4.79, Port Jackson, NSW.Secondary source:
Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 23: 1-440. - Halocynthia flynni Herdman, W.A. 1923. Ascidiae simplices. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition 1911-1914 C 3(3): 1-35 2 pls [22] [the 2cm, ovate specimen has a tough coriaceous test and overlapping pointed spines lining the siphons; it may be conspecific with Pyura tasmanensis but the single specimen taken has not been located to confirm this].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, NE Tasmania.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 14-Dec-2012 | 28-Aug-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |