Genus Cirolana Leach, 1818

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Genus Cirolana Leach, 1818

Cirolana Leach, W.E. 1818. Cymothoadées. pp. 338-358 in Editor unknown (ed.). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris : Strasbourg et Levrault Vol. 12. [347].
Type species:
Cirolana cranchii Leach, 1818 by monotypy.

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

CIROLANIDAE: Cirolana cranchii Leach, 1818 — Bruce, N.L. & Ellis, J. 1983. Cirolana cranchi Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) redescribed, with notes on its distribution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 44: 75-84

CIROLANIDAE: Cirolana parva Hansen, 1890 — Bruce, N.L. 1986. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 6: 1-239

CIROLANIDAE: Cirolana pleonastica Stebbing, 1900 — Bruce, N.L. 1986. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 6: 1-239

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

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

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, S oceanic, SE oceanic
- New South Wales: Lower E coast
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia

Distribution References

Bruce, N.L. 1981. Cirolanidae of Australia: diagnoses of Cirolana Leach, Metacirolana Nierstrasz, Neocirolana Hale, Anopsilana Paulian & Deboutteville, and three new genera – Natatolana, Politolana and Cartetolana. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 945-966

History of changes

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	PERACARIDA Calman, 1904	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED	Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022	ISOPODA Latreille, 1817	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED

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