Species Booranus wangoorus Barnard & Drummond, 1978

Museums

Regional Maps

• Booranus wangoorus Barnard, J.L. & Drummond, M.M. 1978. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part III: The Phoxocephalidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 245: 1-551 [81, fig. 29].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J364 ♂, Port Phillip Bay, VIC [37°55'S 144°50'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J365–J368 4 specimens.

  Type locality references:

  Poore, G.C.B. 1986. Marine benthic invertebrate collections from Victorian bays and estuaries. Marine Science Laboratories, Queenscliff, Victoria, Technical Report 58: 1-28.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom, sea grass.

 

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		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		30-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED