Genus Cymodoce Leach, 1814

Museums

Museum list

Regional Maps

Genus Cymodoce Leach, 1814

Cymodoce Leach, W.E. 1814. Crustaceology. pp. 383-437 in Brewster, D. Sir (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh : John Murray Baldwin & Cradocle Vol. 7 (2). [433].
Type species:
Cymodoce truncata Leach, 1814 by monotypy.
Cymodocea Leach, W.E. 1818. Cymothoadées. pp. 338-358 in Editor unknown (ed.). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris : Strasbourg et Levrault Vol. 12. [342] [unjustified emendation of Cymodoce Leach, 1814].

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications: SPHAEROMATIDAE: Cymodoce zanzibarensis Stebbing, 1900 — Harrison, K. & Holdich, D.M. 1984. Hemibranchiate sphaeromatids (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Queensland, Australia, with a world-wide review of the genera discussed. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 81: 275-387

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan, tropical and temperate waters.

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

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Distribution References

Harrison, K. & Holdich, D.M. 1984. Hemibranchiate sphaeromatids (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Queensland, Australia, with a world-wide review of the genera discussed. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 81: 275-387

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
		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED

Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory