Species Ampelisca australis Haswell, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ampelisca australis Haswell, W.A. 1879. On Australian Amphipoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4: 245-279 pls 7-12 [257, pl. 9 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM P3431, Port Jackson [NSW].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), 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
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
• New Caledonia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom.

 

General References

Lowry, J.K. & Poore, G.C.B. 1985. The ampeliscid amphipods of south-eastern Australia (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum 36: 259-298

 

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