Species Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, 1888
- Acanthephyra sica Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [739 pl. 125 fig. 1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1♂ 3♀, off New Zealand.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
S oceanic, southern circumpolar.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, continental rise, continental slope, mesopelagic, oceanic province.
Extra Ecological Information
Australian specimens collected to a depth of 675 m.
General References
Burukovsky, R.N. & Romensky, L.L. 1982. New findings of several species of shrimps and description of Pasiphaea natalensis sp. n. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 61(12): 1797-1801 [in Russian with English summary] [1799] (restored use of this name by showing the southern Oceans form to be distinct from A. pelagica (Risso, 1816) which thus appears to be confined to the Northern Hemisphere)
Kensley, B., Tranter, H.A. & Griffin, D.J.G. 1987. Deepwater Decapod Crustacea from Eastern Australia (Penaeidae and Caridea). Records of the Australian Museum 39: 263-331 [284] (under the name of A. pelagica)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 20-Dec-2011 | 20-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |