Species Limnoria antarctica Pfeffer, 1887
- Limnoria antarctica Pfeffer, G. 1887. Die Krebse von Süd-georgien nach der Ausbeute der deutschen Station 1882–83. I. Teil. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 4: 41-150 [96].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH K19355, South Georgia Is.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Subantarctic Islands: Kerguélen Island, South Georgia, South Orkney Islands.
Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states,
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and
IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be
reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the
entire distribution. See further details below.
IMCRA
Macquarie Island Province (24)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Antarctic Region
- Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)
- Subantarctic Islands
- Kerguélen Island
- South Georgia
- South Orkney Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Algal-borer, boring into Macrocystis pyrifera.
General References
Cookson, L.J. 1991. Australasian species of Limnoriidae (Crustacea: Isopoda). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 52: 137-262 (redescription, figures, substrates)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Aug-2022 | 04-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 29-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |