Ascidians from the tropical western Pacific Author Monniot, Françoise Author Monniot, Claude UPESA 8044, Laboratoire de Biologie des Invertébrés marins et Malacologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris (France) monniot @ mnhn. fr. monniot@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2001 23 2 201 383 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5391440 1638-9387 5391440 Aplidium controversum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996 Aplidium controversum Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996: 135 , fig. 1, pl. 1A. Type locality: Indonesia , and synonymy. MATERIAL EXAMINED . — Palau . Koror , Ngeteklou Island (Kaibakku Island), tunnel into marine lake, 7°19.47’N , 134°29.42’E , 10 m , 1.XI.1995 ( MNHN A1 APL .B 381). Papua New Guinea . Louisiade Archipelago , Tagula Island , Yuma Pass , 11°20.79’S , 153°22.46’E , 12 m ; South coast, barrier reef channel south of Cape Rodney , 10°15.74’S , 148°23.07’E , 19 m (Samples: CRRF ) .