Species Benthesicymus investigatoris Alcock & Anderson, 1899

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• Benthesicymus investigatoris Alcock, A.W. & Anderson, A.R.S. 1899. Natural history notes from H.M. royal Indian marine survey ship "Investigator", Commander T.H. Heming, R.N., commanding. Ser. III, No. 2. An account of the deep-sea Crustacea dredged during the surveying-season of 1897–1898. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 3: 1-27, 278-292 [282].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) IM 3♂ 4♀ (presumed depository institution), Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea [13°27'N, 93°14'30''E (stn 222); 13°7'N 94°44'15''E (stn 228); 13°15'30''N 93°26'E (stn. 234); 14°13'N 93°40'E (stn. 235)].

  Secondary source:

   De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The recent species of the Dendrobrachiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 85(9): 195-589, figs 1-59 [210].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Rise, Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Japan, Philippines, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna Islands, and east to Hawai'i).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: SE oceanic
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: NE oceanic
  • Western Australia: NW oceanic, W oceanic

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, continental slope, mesopelagic, oceanic province.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 580–1690 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Apr-2012		24-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)