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Species Nyctiphanes australis Sars, 1883

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

E Australia south of about 30ºS, southern coast of Australia to about 132ºE, New Zealand south to Snares Islands (48ºS).


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

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Lower E coast
    • South Australia: S Gulfs coast
    • Tasmania: Tas. coast
    • Victoria: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Epipelagic, neritic.

Extra Ecological Information

Forms swarms near surface, feeds both in water column and upon near-bottom detritus, prey species for squid, birds (e.g. short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris, and various terns), and fishes (barracuda, southern bluefin and skipjack tunas, tiger flat-head), to about 100 m depth.

 

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)
12-Feb-2010 (import)