Species Australomicrodeutopus varietensis (Moore, 1987)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Microdeutopus varietensis Moore, P.G. 1987. New Aoridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Tasmanian kelp holdfasts. Journal of Natural History 21: 775-784 [776, figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P36999 ♂, Variety Bay, outside Bruny Island, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P37000 1♀; BMNH 1986:414 4♂ 5♀.

Generic Combinations

• Australomicrodeutopus varietensis (Moore, 1987). —
  Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 531 pp. [67]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Algae; Macrocystis pyrifera holdfasts

History of changes