Species Dimorphostylis cottoni Hale, 1936

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dimorphostylis cottoni Hale, H.M. 1936. Three new Cumacea from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 395-403 [400, figs 5, 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C2041 ♂, 3 miles off Semaphore, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA C2042 ♂ immature, 3 miles off Semaphore, Gulf St Vincent, SA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

From sand, silt and clay, attracted to underwater light, 2–13 m depth.

General References

Hale, H.M. 1945. Australian Cumacea. No. 11 The family Diastylidae (Part 1). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 69: 173-211 [197] (taxonomy, description of female)

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