Species Euphausia diomedeae Ortmann, 1894

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• Euphausia diomedeae Ortmann, A.E. 1894. Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galàpagos to the west coast of Mexico, and the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" during 1891. XIV. The pelagic Schizopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 25: 99-111 [102 pl. 1 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ 2 specimens, Bindloe Is., Galapagos Islands (Albatross Stn 3409).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
  • Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Neritic, oceanic province, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth below 140 m, comes to surface at night.

 

General References

Tattersall, W.M. 1936. Mysidacea and Euphausiacea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5: 143-176 [167] (Queensland records)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)