Species Rhynchonema chiloense Lorenzen, 1975

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhynchonema chiloense Lorenzen, S. 1975. Rhynchonema-Arten (Nematodes, Monhysteridae) aus Sudamerika und Europa. Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 55: 225-231.

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, ♂1, ♀1, 1 (from Nicholas & Stewart (1995)), off-shore Cronulla, New South Wales; ♀1, Rapid Creek Beach, Northern Territory.

  Type locality references:

  Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: shallow sub-littoral sand.

Sandy ocean beaches.

 

General References

Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [56, 58] (redescription; habitat and distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2011		15-Jun-2011	MOVED
19-Aug-2010		19-Aug-2010	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2010		05-Aug-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)