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Species Nicon maculata Kinberg, 1866

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

East of Tasmania.

Australian Endemic.


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.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

  • Subantarctic Islands

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic

Neotropical Region

  • Argentina

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, mud bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

1090–1150 m depth in Australia, 92–1153 m depth worldwide.

 

Citations

Nicon maculata.
—Pettibone, M.H. 1971. Revision of some species referred to Leptonereis, Nicon and Laeonereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 104: 1–53 [8–11, figs 1–2].
—Wu, B.-L. & Sun, R. 1979. Revision of the genera Nicon and Rullierinereis, with description of a new genus Sinonereis (Polychaeta: Nereidae). Oceanic Selections 2(2): 95–112 [101–102, fig. 4].
—[Wu et al. 1985]: 55–56, fig. 28.
—Hutchings, P. & Reid, A. 1990. The Nereididae (Polychaeta) from Australia — Gymnonereidinae sensu Fitzhugh, 1987: Australonereis, Ceratocephale, Dendronereides, Gymnonereis, Nicon, Olganereis and Websterinereis. Records of the Australian Museum 42: 69–100 [73].

 

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)
17-Oct-2023 08-Jul-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 22-Apr-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 29-Oct-2010 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 08-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)