Australian Biological Resources Study

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Species Euchone limnicola Reish, 1959

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Species Euchone limnicola Reish, 1959

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Accidental introduction to southern Australia (Port Jackson, Botany Bay, Port Phillip Bay, Port of Adelaide).

Introduced from California in 1984.


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

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, mud bottom, subtidal.

 

Citations

Euchone limnicola.
—Banse, K. 1970. The small species of Euchone Malmgren (Sabellidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83: 387–408
—Cohen, B.F., McArthur, M.A. & Parry, G.D. 2001. Exotic Marine Pests in the Port of Melbourne, Victoria. Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute, Report No.25. 1–69 pp. [40]
—Australian Museum Business Services 2002. Port Survey for Introduced Marine Species — Sydney Harbour. Final Report for Sydney Ports Corporation. 1–146 pp. [20, apppendix 7]

 

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)
17-Oct-2023 29-Oct-2010 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 08-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)