Species Decipisagitta decipiens (Fowler, 1905)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sagitta decipiens Fowler, G.H. 1905. Biscayan plankton, collected during a cruise of H.M.S. Research 1900. Part III. The Chaetognatha. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 10(3): 55-87.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Bay of Biscay.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal, between 40°N and 40°S.

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), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), 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, Lower E coast, NE coast, Tas. Coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

 

Body length

8-14 mm

 

General References

Thomson, J.M. 1947. The Chaetognatha of South-Eastern Australia. Bulletin of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia 222: 1-43 [20] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Sagitta decipiens)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)