Zoogeography of the southern New Zealand, Tasmanian and southern African ascidian fauna

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-256

  Primo, Carmen ^a   Vázquez, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascidiacea; Biogeographical regions; Cluster analysis; Tunicata

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; ENDEMISM; INVERTEBRATE; SURFACE WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TASMANIA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 49149097958     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330809509951     Document Type: Article

References (83)

1. Arntz, WE, Thatje, S, Linse, K, Avila, C, Ballesteros, M, Barnes, DKA, Cope, T, Cristobo, FJ, De Broyer, C, Gutt, J, Isla, E, López-González, P, Montiel, A, Munilla, T, Ramos-Esplá, AA, Raupach, M, Rauschert, M, Rodríguez, E, and Teixidó, N. 2006. Missing link in the Southern Ocean:sampling the marine benthic fauna of remote. Bouvet Island Polar Biology, 29:83–96.
2. Australian Museum Business Services (AMBS). 2002. Port survey for introduced marine species — Sydney Harbour. Final report for Sydney Ports Corporation, 21:1–146.
3. Barnes, DKA. 2002. Biodiversity:invasions by marine life on plastic debris. Nature, 416:808–809.
4. Barnes, DKA, and Griffiths, HJ. 2008. Biodiversity and biogeography of southern temperate and polar bryozoans. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17(1):88–94.
5. Barry, DB, Condie, SA, and Sutton, CA. 2001. Larval distribution of blue grenadier (Macmronus novaezelandiae Hector) in south-eastern Australia:further evidence for a second spawning area. Marine and Freshwater Research, 52:603–610.
6. Beu, AG, Griffin, M, and Maxwell, PA. 1997. Opening of Drake Passage gateway and Late Miocene to Pleistocene cooling reflected in Southern Ocean molluscan dispersal:evidence from New Zealand and Argentina. Tectonophysics, 281:83–97.
7. Branch, GM, Griffiths, CL, Branch, ML, and Beckley, LE. 1994. Two oceans. A guide to the marine life of southern Africa, 360Cape Town:David Philip Publishers.
8. Branch, ML, Jangoux, M, Alvá, V, Massin, CI, and Stampanato, S. 1993. The Echinodermata of subantarctic Marion and Prince Edward islands. South African Journal of Antarctic Research, 23(1 & 2):37–70.
9. Bray, JR, and Curtis, JT. 1957. An ordination of the upland forest communities of Southern Wisconsin. Ecological Monographs, 27:325–349.
10. Bremner, J, Rogers, SI, and Frid, CLJ. 2006. Matching biological traits to environmental conditions in marine benthic ecosystems. Journal of Marine Systems, 60(3–4):302–316.
11. Brewin, B. 1946. Ascidians in the vicinity of the Portobello marine biological station, Otago Harbour. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 76(2):87–131.
12. Brewin, B. 1950a. Ascidians from Otago coastal waters. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78(1):54–63.
13. Brewin, B. 1950b. Ascidians of New Zealand. Part IV. Ascidians in the vicinity of Christchurch. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78(2–3):344–353.
14. Brewin, B. 1950c. Ascidians of New Zealand. Part V. Ascidians from the east coast of Great Barrier Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78(2–3):354–353.
15. Brewin, B. 1952a. Ascidians of New Zealand Part VII. Ascidians from Otago coastal waters. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 79(3–4):452–458.
16. Brewin, B. 1952b. Ascidians of New Zealand Part VIII. Ascidians of East Cape region Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 80(2):187–195.
17. Brewin, B. 1956. Ascidians from the Chatham Islands and the Chatham Rise. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 84(1):121–137.
18. Brewin, B. 1958. Ascidians of New Zealand XI. Ascidians of the Stewart Island Region. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 85(3):439–453.
19. Brewin, B. 1960. Ascidians of New Zealand. Part XIII. Ascidians of the Cook Strait region. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 88(1):119–120.
20. Briggs, JC. 1974. Marine zoogeography, 475New York:McGraw-Hill.
21. Briggs, JC. 1995. Global biogeography. Developments in palaeontology and stratigraphy, 452Amsterdam:Elsevier Health Sciences.
22. Briggs, JC. 2003. Marine centres of origin as evolutionary engines. Journal of Biogeography, 30:1–18.
23. Campbell, ML, and Hewitt, CL. 1999. “ Vectors, shipping and trade ”. In Marine biological invasions of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart, CSIRO Research on Introduced Marine Pests Technical Report Number 20 Edited by:Hewitt, CL, Campbell, ML, Thresher, RE, and Martin, RB. 45–60.
24. Carlton, JT. 1985. Transoceanic and interoceanic dispersal of coastal marine organisms:the biology of ballast water. Oceanography and Marine Biology:an Annual Review, 23:313–371.
25. Carlton, JT. 1989. Man's role in changing the face of the ocean:Biological invasions and implications for conservation of nearshore environments. Conservation Biology, 3:265–273.
26. Carlton, JT. 2003. Community assembly and historical biogeography in the Northern Atlantic Ocean:the potential role of human-mediated dispersal vectors. Hydrobiologia, 503:1–8.
27. Carlton, JT, and Geller, JB. 1993. Ecological roulette:the global transport of nonindigenous marine organisms. Science, 261:78–82.
28. Clarke, KR. 1993. Non-parametric multivariate analyses of changes in community structure. Australian Journal of Ecology, 18:117–143.
29. Collette, BB, and Parin, NV. 1991. Shallow-water fishes of Walters Shoals, Madagascar Ridge. Bulletin of Marine Science, 48:1–22.
30. Coutts, ADM. 1999. Hull fouling as a modern vector for marine biological invasions:investigation of merchant vessels visiting northern Tasmania, Bell Bay, Australia:Australian Maritime College. Unpublished MSc thesis.
31. Crame, JA. 1999. An evolutionary perspective on marine faunal connections between southernmost South America and Antarctica. Scientia Marina, 63(1):1–14.
32. Cranfield, HJ, Gordon, DP, Willan, RC, Marshall, BA, Battershill, CN, Francis, MP, Nelson, WA, Glasby, CJ, and Read, GB. 1998. Adventive marine species in New Zealand National Institute for Water of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Technical Report Vol. 34, 1–48.
33. Forest, J, and McLay, CL. 2001. The biogeography and bathymetric distribution of New Zealand hermit crabs (Crustacea:Anomura:Paguridea). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 31(4):687–720.
34. Foster, RJ, and Philip, GM. 1978. Tertiary holasteroid echinoids from Australia and New Zealand. Palaentology, 21:791–822.
35. Francis, MP. 1996. Geographic distribution of marine reef fishes in the New Zealand region. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 30:35–55.
36. Gollasch, S, and Leppakoski, E, eds. 1991. Initial risk assessment of alien species in nordic coastal waters, 244Copenhagen:Nordic Council of Ministers.
37. Gosliner, TM. 1987. Biogeography of the opisthobranch gastropod fauna of southern Africa. American Malacological Bulletin, 5:243–258.
38. Hewitt, CL, Campbell, ML, Thresher, RE, and Martin, RB, eds. 1999. Marine biological invasions of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests. Technical Report No 20 344Hobart:CSIRO Marine Research.
39. Kensley, B. 1981. Onthe zoogeography of Southern African Decapod Crustacea, with a distributional checklist of the species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 338:1–64.
40. Knox, GA. 1963. The biogeography and intertidal ecology of the Australasian coasts. Oceanography and Marine Biology:an Annual Review, 1:341–404.
41. Kott, P. 1985. The Australian Ascidiacea. Part I, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 23:1–440.
42. Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea. Part 2:Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 29(1):1–266.
43. Kott, P. 1992a. The Australian Ascidiacea. Part 3:Aplousobranchia (2). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 32(2):377–620.
44. Kott, P. 1992b. The Australian Ascidiacea. Supplement 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 32(2):621–655.
45. Kott, P. 1997. “ Tunicates (sub-phylum Tunicata) ”. In Marine invertebrates of southern Australia, Edited by:Shepperd, SA, and Davies, M. 1092–1255. South Australia:South Australia Research and Development Institute. Part III.
46. Kott, P. 2003. New syntheses and new species in the Australian Ascidiacea. Journal of Natural History, 37:1611–1653.
47. Kott, P. 2004a. New and little-known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (part 1). Journal of Natural History, 38:731–774.
48. Kott, P. 2004b. New and little-known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (part 2). Journal of Natural History, 38:2455–2526.
49. Kott, P. 2005a. New and little-known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (part 3). Journal of Natural History, 39:2409–2479.
50. Kott, P. 2005b. Novel Australian Polyzoinae (Styelidae, Tunicata). Journal of Natural History, 39:2997–3011.
51. Kott, P. 2006. Observation on non-didemnid ascidians from Australian waters (1). Journal of Natural History, 40(3–4):169–234.
52. Lambert, G. 2002. Nonindigenous ascidians in tropical waters. Pacific Science, 56(3):291–298.
53. Last, PR, and Yearsley, GK. 2002. Zoogeography and relationships of Australasian skates (Chondrichthyes:Rajidae). Journal of Biogeography, 29:1627–1641.
54. Legendre, P, and Legendre, L. 1998. Numerical ecology. Developments in environmental modelling, 20, 853Amsterdam:Elsevier Science BV.
55. Linse, K, Griffiths, HJ, Barnes, DKA, and Clarke, A. 2006. Biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic mollusca. Deep Sea Research II, 53:985–1008.
56. Longhurst, A. 1998. Ecological geography of the sea, 398United States:Academic Press.
57. Manríquez, PH, and Castilla, JC. 2007. Roles of larval behaviour and microhabitat traits in determining spatial aggregations in the ascidian Pyura chilensis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 332:155–165.
58. Menni, RC, and Stehmann, MFW. 2000. Distribution, environment and biology of batoid fishes off Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. A review. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, 2(1):69–109.
59. Millar, RH. 1955. A collection of ascidians from South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 125(1):169–221.
60. Millar, RH. 1962. Further descriptions of South African ascidians. Annals of the South African Museum, 46(7):113–221.
61. Millar, RH. 1968. A collection of Ascidians from the Vema Seamount. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 38:1–21.
62. Millar, RH. 1982. The marine fauna of New Zealand:Ascidiacea. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, 85:1–117.
63. Monniot, C, and Monniot, F. 2001. Records of ascidians from Bahrain, Arabian Gulf with three new species. Journal of Natural History, 31(11):1623–1643.
64. Monniot, C, Monniot, F, Griffiths, CL, and Schleyer, M. 2001. South African Ascidians. Annals of the South African Museum, 108(1):1–141.
65. Mullineaux, LS, and Mills, SW. 1997. A test of the larval retention hypothesis in seamount-generated flows. Deep Sea Research, 44:745–770.
66. Naranjo, SA, Carballo, JL, and García-Gómez, JC. 1998. Towards a knowledge of marine boundaries using ascidians as indicators:characterising transition zones for species distribution along Atlantic-Mediterranean shores. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 64:151–177.
67. Nelson, WA. 1994. Distribution of macroalgae in New Zealand—an archipelago in space and time. Botanica Marina, 37:221–233.
68. Primo, C, and Vázquez, E. 2004. Zoogeography of the southern African ascidian fauna. Journal of Biogeography, 31:1987–2009.
69. Primo, C, and Vázquez, E. 2007. Zoogeography of the Antarctic ascidian fauna in relation to the sub-Antarctic and South America. Antarctic Science, 19(3):321–336.
70. Richardson, JR. 1994. Origins and dispersal of a brachiopod family:the systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Family Terebratellidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Victoria, 106:17–29.
71. Richer De Forges, B, Koslow, JA, and Poore, GCB. 2000. Diversity and endemism of the benthic seamount fauna in the southwest Pacific. Nature, 405:994–947.
72. Robinson, TB, Griffiths, CL, McQuaid, CD, and Rius, M. 2005. Marine alien species of South Africa — status and impacts. African Journal of Marine Science, 27(1):297–306.
73. Rowe, FEW, and Vail, LL. Echinoderms. Proceedings of the first international conference. Tampa Bay. The distribution of Tasmanian echinoderms in relation to southern Australian biogeographic provinces, Edited by:Lawrence, JM. pp. 219–225. Balkema, Rotterdam.
74. Shepard, RN. 1962. The analysis of proximities:multidimensional scaling with an unknown distance function. Psychometrika, 27:125–139.
75. Sneath, PHA, and Sokal, RR. 1973. Numerical taxonomy—the principles and practice of numerical classification, 573San Francisco:WH Freeman.
76. Stephenson, TA. 1947. The constitution of the intertidal fauna and flora of South Africa, part III. Annals of the Natal Museum, 11(2):207–324.
77. Strathmann, RR, Kendall, RL, and Marsh, AG. 2006. Embryonic and larval development of a cold adaptedAntarctic ascidian. Polar Biology, 29(6):495–501.
78. Turón, X. 1988. Some ascidians from Namibia (SW Africa). Monografía de Zoología Marina, 3:267–291.
79. Waters, JM, and Roy, MS. 2003. Marine biogeography of southern Australia:phylogeographical structure in a temperate sea-star. Journal of Biogeography, 30:1787–1796.
80. Waters, JM, and Roy, MS. 2004. Out of Africa:the slow train to Australasia. Systematic Biology, 53(1):18–24.
81. Waters, JM, O'Loughlin, PM, and Roy, MS. 2004. Cladogenesis in a starfish species complex from southern Australia:evidence for vicariant speciation?. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 32(1):236–245.
82. Wilson, BR, and Allen, GR. 1987. “ Major components and distribution of marine fauna ”. In Fauna of Australia. General articles, Edited by:Dyne, GW. 43–68. Canberra:Australian Government Publishing Service.
83. Woodward, SP. 1856. A manual of the Mollusca, 456London:John Weale.