Species Austrogammarus australis (Sayce, 1901)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gammarus australis Sayce, O.A. 1901. Description of some new Victorian freshwater Amphipoda. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 13: 225-242 pls 36-40 [233, pl. 39].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV ♂, Dandenong Creek near Bayswater, VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) NMV 3 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Williams, W.D. & Barnard, J.L. 1988. The taxonomy of crangonyctoid Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Australian fresh waters: foundation studies. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 1-180.

 

Generic Combinations

• Austrogammarus australis (Sayce, 1901). —
  Williams, W.D. & Barnard, J.L. 1988. The taxonomy of crangonyctoid Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Australian fresh waters: foundation studies. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 1-180 [19, figs. 3-7]

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater.

 

General References

Sayce, O.A. 1902. Description of some new Victorian freshwater Amphipoda, No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 15: 47-58 pls 4-7

 

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		30-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED