Species Metanephrops boschmai (Holthuis, 1964)

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Species Metanephrops boschmai (Holthuis, 1964)

Bight Lobster (Fao), Bight Scampi, Boschma's Scampi

Nephrops boschmai Holthuis, L.B. 1964. On some species of the genus Nephrops (Crustacea Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 39: 71-78 fig. 1 [72 fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM E3673 ♂, Great Australian Bight, SW of Eucla, WA.
Paratype(s) AM E39941 ♀ (as allotype, re-registered); AM E3657 3♂; AM E3671 1 specimen; AM E3682 1 specimen; AM E6254 1 specimen; AM E6257 1 specimen; RMNH D15461 5 specimens, Great Australian Bight, S by E of Eucla, WA; RMNH D15462 1 specimen, Great Australian Bight, S by W of Eucla, WA; USNM.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S oceanic
- Western Australia: NW oceanic, S oceanic, W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, sand bottom.

Trade

food

Extra Ecological Information

Or mud and rubble, probably in burrows, depth from 260 to 460 m, mainly 300–320 m.

General References

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, 13: i-viii, 1-292 [65, 71]

Wadley, V. & Evans, D. 1991. Crustaceans from the Deepwater Trawl Fisheries of Western Australia. Hobart, Australia : CSIRO Division of Fisheries 44 pp. [34]

Wassenberg, T.J. &Hill, B.J. 1989. Diets of four decapod crustaceans (Linupurus trigonus, Metanephrops andamanicus, M. australiensis and M. boschmai) from the continental shelf around Australia. Marine Biology, Berlin 103: 161-167

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
29-May-2012	29-May-2012	MOVED
20-Oct-2011	20-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
	03-Jun-2010	MODIFIED

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