Australian Biological Resources Study

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Genus Ampelisca Krøyer, 1842

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

AMPELISCIDAE: Ampelisca aequicornis Bruzelius, 1859 — Poore, G.C.B., Rainer, S.F., Spies, R.B. & Ward, E. 1975. The zoobenthos program in Port Phillip Bay, 1969–73. Fisheries and Wildlife Technical Paper, Victoria 7: 1-78 (recorded this species from Australia, but it is now known to be an undescribed species); Lowry, J.K. & Poore, G.C.B. 1985. The ampeliscid amphipods of south-eastern Australia (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum 36: 259-298 (Australian specimens now recorded as unknown species)

 

Distribution

States

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


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

  • Antarctica

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
    • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, SE oceanic
    • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
  • New Caledonia

Distribution References

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)
11-Apr-2024 AMPELISCIDAE Costa, 1857 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED Dr Shane Ahyong (AM)
05-Aug-2022 Infraorder 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA 06-Feb-2013 MOVED Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED