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| 3776 | Millar, R.H. 1966 Port Philip Survey 1957-1963. Ascidiacea. Mem. Natn. Mus. Vict. (27):357-384. | 1966 | Distaplia australiensis | --> |
| 1743 | Kott, P. 2003 New syntheses and new species in the Australian ascidiacea. Journal of Natural History 37(13):1611-1653. | 2003 | Distaplia australiensis | 1619 |
| 833 | Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes 2004 Invertebrate Zoology. A functional evolutionary approach. 7th Ed. Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning learning, Inc. 990 p. | 2004 | Distaplia australiensis | --> |
| 19 | Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K. | 2005 | Distaplia australiensis | --> |
| 1134 | Kott, P. 2005 Catalogue of Tunicata in Australian Waters. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia Department of the Environment and Heritage. | 2005 | Distaplia australiensis | 76 |