Species Euphausia spinifera Sars, 1883

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• Euphausia spinifera Sars, G.O. 1883. Preliminary notices on the Schizopoda of H.M.S. "Challenger" Expedition. Bulletin of the Mauritius Institute 7: 1-43 [18].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 4 specimens, three separate localities: south of Australia (48º18'S 30º11'E); South Pacific about midway between New Zealand and Chile; and 'South Pacific'.
• Euphausia schotti Ortmann, A.E. 1893. Decapoden und Schizopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 2(Gb): 1-120 pls 1-10 [13 pl. 7 figs 8, 8a].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, South Atlantic.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mauchline, J. & Fisher, L.R. 1969. The biology of euphausiids. Advances in Marine Biology 7: 1-454 [75]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans between about 35ºS and 50ºS.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 mile fishing zone: S oceanic, SE oceanic, W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Epipelagic, mesopelagic, oceanic province.

Extra Ecological Information

Forms aggregations, preyed on by whales, found in upper 300 m.

 

History of changes

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