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Species Dorippe quadridens (Fabricius, 1793)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, mud bottom, rock bottom, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Oyster banks, bottoms often with shell, coral rubble, rocks, and weed, often, but not always, carry a variety of objects on their backs for camouflage, including shells, mangrove leaves, sponges, echinoids, and even jellyfish, depths from 1–73 m, but mostly less than 30 m, and with one record of 415 m.

 

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)
04-Jun-2012 04-Jun-2012 MOVED
10-May-2012 10-May-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)