Species Ceratocephalus grayanus Woodward, 1877

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ceratocephalus grayanus Woodward, H. 1877. Crustacea. pp. 632-666 in Editor unknown (ed.). Encyclopedia Britannica. Edinburgh : Adam & Charles Black. [651].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1858.172, Flinders Is., Bass Strait, TAS.
• Bregmocerella tricornis Haswell, W.A. 1884. A revision of the Australian Isopoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 1001-1015, pls 50-53 [1004].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MMUS, Port Jackson Heads, NSW.
• Cymodopsis wardii Baker, W.H. 1926. Species of the isopod family Sphaeromidae from the eastern, southern, and western coasts of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 50: 247-279 [267].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P9494 ♀, off Port Jackson, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bruce, N.L. 1994. Redescription of three poorly known sphaeromatid genera (Crustacea: Isopoda) from south–eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 54: 149-170 [150] (redescription)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), 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
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022		04-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED