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Species Colomastix plumosa Ledoyer, 1979

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Madagascar

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coast

Oriental Region

  • India
    • Kerala

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Algae, coral, coral rubble, marine, reef flat, sponge associate (host(s): Coelocarteria singaporensis (Carter, 1883) [ISODICTYIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Littoral (0 to 30 m), 1 to 28 m depth, algae (Caulerpa racemosa J. Agardh, 1873; Halimeda micronesica Yamada, 1941) and algal turf in reef slope, and patch reef habitats. Associations: the sponges Spirastrella insignis Thiele, 1898 and Clathria fasciculata Wilson, 1925 (Ariyama 2005).

Associated Fauna References

Myers, A.A. & George, A.M. 2017. Amphipoda living in sponges on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Zootaxa 4365(5): 571–584 [572] (Coelocarteria singaporensis)

 

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 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 17-May-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA 06-Feb-2013 MOVED Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022 22-Nov-2012 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 16-Dec-2011 MODIFIED
09-Mar-2010 MODIFIED