Species Amaryllis macrophthalma Haswell, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amaryllis macrophthalmus Haswell, W.A. 1879. On Australian Amphipoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4: 245-279 pls 7-12 [253, pl. 8 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Neotype AM P37214 ♀ ovigerous (21.5 mm, 14 eggs), Derwent Estuary, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, TAS [approx. 42°54'S 147°23'E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2002. The Amaryllididae of Australia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea). Records of the Australian Museum 54: 129-214 [152].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Occurs most frequently on sand, shell and mud bottoms of both fine and coarse sediment, 6–219 m depth.

 

General References

Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2002. The Amaryllididae of Australia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea). Records of the Australian Museum 54: 129-214 [152, figs 20-22]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED