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Genus Birubius J.L. Barnard & Drummond, 1976

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

PHOXOCEPHALIDAE: Birubius rostratus Dana, 1853 — Stebbing, T.R.R. 1906. Amphipoda I. Gammaridae. Das Tierreich 21: 1-806 (recorded this species as Pontharpinia rostrata); Barnard, K.H. 1931. Amphipoda. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 111-135 (recorded this species as Pontharpinia rostrata); Pirlot, J.M. 1932. Les amphipodes de l'expédition du Siboga. Deuxième partie. Les amphipodes gammarides. I. Les Amphipodes fouisseurs. Phoxocephalidae, Oedicerotidae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 33B: 57-113 (excluded this species, Australian records now as Birubius batei (Haswell, 1879) and Pontharpinia? barnardi Pirlot, 1932); Barnard, J.L. & Drummond, M.M. 1978. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part III: The Phoxocephalidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 245: 1-551 [146] (tentatively moved this species to the genus Birubius)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
    • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022 PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 17-May-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Dr Shane Ahyong (AM)
05-Aug-2022 Infraorder 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA 06-Feb-2013 MOVED Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
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