WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Psammaplidium solidum Herdman, 1891) Herdman, W. A. (1891). A Revised Classification of the Tunicata, with Definitions of the Orders, Suborders, Families, Subfamilies, and Genera, and Analytical Keys to the Species. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 23(148): 558-652., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1891.tb02403.x [details]
original description
(of Amaroucium solidum Ritter & Forsyth, 1917) Ritter, W. E.; Forsyth, R. H. (1917). Ascidian of the littoral zone of southern California. <em>Univ. California Publ., Zool.</em> 16: 439-512. [details]
original description
(of Aplidium arboratum Kott, 1963) Kott, P. (1963). The ascidians of Australia. 4. Aplousobranchiata Lachille: Polyclinidae Verrill (continued). <em>Aust. J. mar. Freshwater. Res.</em> 14(1): 70-118. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Psammaplidium fragile Herdman, 1891) Herdman, W. A. (1891). A Revised Classification of the Tunicata, with Definitions of the Orders, Suborders, Families, Subfamilies, and Genera, and Analytical Keys to the Species. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 23(148): 558-652., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1891.tb02403.x [details]
original description
(of Psammaplidium incrustans Herdman, 1891) Herdman, W. A. (1891). A Revised Classification of the Tunicata, with Definitions of the Orders, Suborders, Families, Subfamilies, and Genera, and Analytical Keys to the Species. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 23(148): 558-652., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1891.tb02403.x [details]
original description
(of Psammaplidium lobatum Herdman, 1891) Herdman, W. A. (1898). Note on the tunicate fauna of Australian seas. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7) 1 : 443-450. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Synoicum investum Kott, 1963) Kott, P. (1963). The ascidians of Australia. 4. Aplousobranchiata Lachille: Polyclinidae Verrill (continued). <em>Aust. J. mar. Freshwater. Res.</em> 14(1): 70-118. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Monniot, F.; Monniot, C. (1997). Ascidians Collected in Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 86(1), 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.2982/0012-8317(1997)86[1:acit]2.0.co;2 [details] Available for editors [request]
Other
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Apsoli [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]Unreviewed
Description This species corresponds well to the description given by Knott(1992). The general organization is rather similar to that of Aspledium ritteri (Sluiter,1895) which differs in having small cloacal aperatures and a different conoly shape. [details]
Type locality Station: Tanzania, Pemba Island, 05°27.41'S-039°41.90'E, 15 m on coral reef (CRRF coll.), MNHN A1 Apl B 386 (Monniot & Monniot, 1997). [details]
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