Species Byblis bega Lowry & Poore, 1985

Museums

Regional Maps

• Byblis bega Lowry, J.K. & Poore, G.C.B. 1985. The ampeliscid amphipods of south-eastern Australia (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum 36: 259-298 [287, figs 22, 23].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P23168, 1 km east of Burwood Beach, NSW, 26 m [32°57.5'S 151°44.7'E].
  Paratype(s) AM P23169 1 specimen; AM P22671 1 specimen.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom, sand, sea-grasses, 26–176 m depth.

 

General References

Hutchings, P., van der Velde, J.L. & Keable, S.J. 1989. Baseline survey of the benthic macrofauna of Twofold Bay, N.S.W., with a discussion of the marine species introduced into the Bay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 110(4): 339-367

Hutchings, P.A., Ward, T.J., Waterhouse, J.H. & Walker, L. 1993. Infauna of marine sediments and seagrass beds of Upper Spencer Gulf near Port Pirie, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 117(1): 1-15

 

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
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED