Species Accalathura gigas (Whitelegge, 1901)

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Species Accalathura gigas (Whitelegge, 1901)

Calathura gigas Whitelegge, T. 1901. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales (1898). Crustacea. Part II. Isopoda. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 203-246 [225].
Type data:
Lectotype AM G2197 (part) juv., off Port Jackson, NSW.
Paralectotype(s) AM G2197 (part) ♂ and juv.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

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

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast
- New South Wales
- Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

General References

Poore, G.C.B. 1980. A revision of the Paranthuridae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Anthuridea) with a catalogue of species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 68: 53-67 (reference list)

History of changes

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

Published	Action Date	Action Type
05-Aug-2022	05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	06-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	02-May-2011	MODIFIED
	29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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