Pterygascidia mirabilis Sluiter, 1904

Kott, Patricia, 2009, Taxonomic revision of Ascidiacea (Tunicata) from the upper continental slope off north-western Australia, Journal of Natural History 43 (31 - 32), pp. 1947-1986 : 1970

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930902993708
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scientific name	Pterygascidia mirabilis Sluiter, 1904
status

Treatment

Pterygascidia mirabilis Sluiter, 1904 View in CoL

Pterygascidia mirabilis Sluiter 1904, p. 21 View in CoL . Kott 2008a, p. 52 View Cited Treatment and synonymy. Sanamyan K and Hissman 2008, p. 47.

Distribution

Previously recorded ( Kott 2008a; Sanamyan K and Hissman 2008): Philippines Timor; Indonesia. New record: CSIRO SS05/07 western Australia (Station 129-034, 15.79 S 121.06 E, 119 m, 1 July 2007, Beam Trawl QM G328489 – 12 specimens).

The species is known from waters 12 m to 250 m deep where it appears to be common ( Kott 2008a). Apparently it is a species from the deeper outer continental shelf rather than the lower slope and deeper waters. It shares its Indo-west Pacific range with other outer continental shelf species. (See Biogeography section, earlier)

Description

See Kott (2008a) for description and discussion.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Ascidiacea
Order	Phlebobranchia
Family	Agneziidae
Genus	Pterygascidia