Species Eocuma agrion Zimmer, 1914

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eocuma agrion Zimmer, C. 1914. Cumacea. In Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebn. Hamb. Südwest-Aust. Forsch. 1905 5(2): 175–195. [176, figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 18492, Fremantle, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

From sand, attracted to underwater light, to 3 m depth.

General References

Hale, H.M. 1944. Australian Cumacea. No. 8 The family Bodotriidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 68: 225-285 [229] (taxonomy)

Hale, H.M. 1949. Australian Cumacea. No. 15 The family Bodotriidae (cont.). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 107-125 [109] (distribution)

Tafe, D.J. & Greenwood, J.G. 1996. The Bodotriidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 391-482 [454]

History of changes