Species Cephalophoxoides bassi (Stebbing, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phoxocephalus bassi Stebbing, T.R.R. 1888. Report on the Amphipoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 29: i-xxiv + 1-1713, 210 pls (3 vols) [811, pl. 54] [pl. labelled as Phoxus bassi].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 89.5.15.59 ♂, Bass Strait, "Challenger" Station 162 [39°10.5'S 146°37.0'E].

  Type locality references:

  Tizard, T.H., Moseley, H.N., Buchanan, J.Y. & Murray, J. 1885. Narrative of the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger with a general account of the scientific results of the expedition. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-76, Narrative 1(2): 511-1110.

Generic Combinations

• Cephalophoxoides bassi (Stebbing, 1888). —
  Gurjanova, E.F. 1977. Some new data in taxonomy of family Phoxocephalidae sensu lato (Amphipoda, Gammaridea). Report 1. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei Akademia Nauk Zoological Institute 21(29): 67-87 [in Russian] [81]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom.

General References

Barnard, J.L. & Drummond, M.M. 1978. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part III: The Phoxocephalidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 245: 1-551 (description of female)

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