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Species Austrosquilla tsangi Ahyong, 2001

  • Type data:
     Holotype AM P56777 , NSW, N end Seven Mile Beach, Gerroa, S of creek runout [34°47'S 150°47'E].
    Paratype(s) AM P56776 2 4, NSW, N end Seven Mile Beach, Gerroa, S of creek runout; AM P56774–56775, NSW, N end Seven Mile Beach, Gerroa, S of creek runout; AM P56778 1 4, NSW, N end Seven Mile Beach, Gerroa, S of creek runout.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

From Southport, southern Queensland, to southern New South Wales.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Burrows in fine sand in the low intertidal zone on exposed and semi-exposed, longshore-drift beaches, burrows simple, U-shaped, with entrances of adults typically 10–12 mm in diameter and approximately 30 cm apart.

 

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)
30-May-2012 30-May-2012 MOVED
10-May-2012 10-May-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)