Diplosoma

Kott, Patricia, 2007, New and little-known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (part 4), Journal of Natural History 41 (17 - 20), pp. 1163-1211 : 1207

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701359218
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/191287F0-FFF5-FF9E-FE7F-FBF5993FCD46
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Diplosoma
status

Treatment

Diplosoma IJelatum Kott, 2001

Diplosoma υelatum Kott 2001, p 345; 2005a, p 2468 and synonymy.

Distribution

Previously recorded (see Kott 2005a): Southern Australia from Albany to Western Port (Victoria) and Port Davey (Tasmania). New record: Tasmania ( Bellerive Bluff-Derwent Estuary , QM G308829 ) .

Remarks

The specimen is as previously described for this species, and confirms its range as a temperate indigenous Australian species. The colony was reported to have been yellow in life but it is orange in the deck photo.