Species Achelia shepherdi Stock, 1973

Achelia shepherdi, from Stock (1973)

© Copyright C. Arango. Queensland Museum.

Achelia shepherdi, from Child (1975)

© Copyright C. Arango. Queensland Museum.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Achelia shepherdi Stock, J.H. 1973. Achelia shepherdi n. sp. and other Pycnogonida from Australia. Beaufortia 21(279): 91-97 [92].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM, Quiet Bay, TAS [43° 16' 48" S, 147° 18' 0" E].
  Status unknown, ZMA Pa. 1968, Gabo Island, VIC [37° 34' 12" S, 149° 55' 12" E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: continental shelf, intertidal, subtidal.

General References

Bamber, R.N. 2008. Sea-spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) of Moreton Bay, Queensland. pp. 131-142 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [132] (new records, notes)

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