Species Epigonichthys cultellus Peters, 1876

<I>Epigonichthys cultellus</I> Peters, 1876

Epigonichthys cultellus Peters, 1876

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Species Epigonichthys cultellus Peters, 1876

Epigonichthys cultellus Peters, W. 1876. Über Epigonichthys cultellus, eine neue Gattung und Art der Leptocardii. Monatsberichte der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1875: 322-326 [325].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Morton Bay, near Peale Is., QLD.
Epigonichthys pulchellus Günther, A. 1880. An Introduction to the Study of Fishes. Edinburgh : A. & C. Black 720 pp. [696] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s).
Secondary source:
Richardson, B.J. & McKenzie, A.M. 1994. Taxonomy and distribution of Australian cephalochordates (Subphylum Cephalochordata; Phylum Chordata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1443-1459 [1453].
Heteropleuron hedleyi Haswell, W.A. 1908. Note on the Cephalochordata in the Australian Museum. Records of the Australian Museum 8: 33-35 fig. 1 [33].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM I.9254 2 specimens (disintegrated), Murray Is., Torres Strait.
Bathyamphioxus franzi Whitley, G.P. 1932. The lancelets and lampreys of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 256-264 [260] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s).
Secondary source:
Richardson, B.J. & McKenzie, A.M. 1994. Taxonomy and distribution of Australian cephalochordates (Subphylum Cephalochordata; Phylum Chordata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1443-1459 [1453].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Hubbs, C.L. 1922. A list of the lancelets of the world with diagnoses of five new species of Branchiostoma. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 105: 1-16 [15] (for Epigonichthys cultellus Peters, 1876 and Heteropleuron hedleyi Haswell, 1908)
Richardson, B.J. & McKenzie, A.M. 1994. Taxonomy and distribution of Australian cephalochordates (Subphylum Cephalochordata; Phylum Chordata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1443-1459 [1453] (for Bathyamphioxus franzi Whitley, 1932)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

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

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: Central W coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, filter-feeder, sand bottom.

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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