Species Chimaera macrospina Didier, Last & White, 2008
Longspine Chimaera
- Chimaera macrospina Didier, D.A., Last, P.R. & White, W.T. 2008. Three new species of the genus Chimaera Linnaeus (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from Australia. pp. 327-340 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 1-358 [331].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO H.1517–02 ♀, east of Brush Island, NSW [35°32'S, 150°52'E].
Paratype(s) CSIRO H.1382–01; CSIRO H.1382–02; CSIRO H.2284–01; CSIRO H.2302-01; CSIRO H.2348–01; CSIRO H.2549–06; CSIRO H.6417–02.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Cape Naturaliste (33°32'S) to off North West Cape (21°46'S), WA, and Queensland Plateau (17°S) to Gabo Island (37°39'S), VIC; subtropical
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Queensland: NE oceanic, SE oceanic
- Victoria: SE oceanic
- Western Australia: W oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Continental rise, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
435-1300 m
General References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [471] (as Chimaera sp. C)
Common Name References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [493] (Longspine Chimaera)
History of changes
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| 17-Mar-2010 | ADDED |