Species Exosphaeroma gigas (Leach, 1818)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphaeroma gigas Leach, W.E. 1818. Cymothoadées. pp. 338-358 in Editor unknown (ed.). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris : Strasbourg et Levrault Vol. 12. [346].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1941.6.27.5, 1979.420.1, no locality published.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, Snares Ils, Auckland Ils, Falkland Ils; more than one species is probably involved in these records, Poore, G.C.B. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. In Houston, W.W.K. & Beesley, P.L. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 434 pp..

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine.

 

General References

Brandt, A. & Wägele, J.W. 1989. Redescriptions of Cymodocella tubicauda Pfeffer 1887 and Exosphaeroma gigas (Leach 1818) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae). Antarctic Science 1: 205-214 [209] (redescription of material from Punta Arenas, Chile)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022		04-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED