Species Haplostylus robusta (Panampunnayil, 1989)

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• Gastrosaccus robusta Panampunnayil, S.U. 1989. A new species of Gastrosaccus (Crustacea: Mysidacea) from the south west coast of Australia. Journal of Plankton Research 11(6): 1307-1314 [1307, figs 1-27].

  Type data:

   Holotype IOBC 0397–10–50–1988 ♂, south-west coast of WA [exact locality not given] [33°–35°S and 114°–119°E].
  Paratype(s) IOBC 0397–B–10–50–1988 1♀, WA; IOBC 0397–A–10–50–1988 5♂ 5♀, WA.
• Haplostylus tattersalli Fenton, G.E. 1990. Haplostylus tattersalli sp. nov. from Bass Strait, Australia (Crustacea: Mysidae: Gastrosaccinae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(2): 443-450 [445, figs 1-13].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J11044 ♂, 15 km SW of Point Reginald, western Bass Strait, VIC [38°50.0'S 143°07.5'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J11045 4♂ 2♀, Bass Strait, VIC; NMV J5440 1♂ 1♀ 1 juv., Bass Strait, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Greenwood, J.G., Greenwood, J. & Wooldridge, T.H. 1991. Descriptions of two estuarine species of Haplostylus (Crustacea, Mysidacea). Journal of Plankton Research 13(3): 513-528 [520]

Generic Combinations

• Haplostylus robusta (Panampunnayil, 1989). —
  Hanamura, Y. 1998. Gastrosaccini mysids from Australia, with a description of a new species of Haplostylus and a key to species of the genus (Crustacea: Mysidacea). Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 153-168

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine, planktonic, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom, fine and coarse sands.

General References

Dakin, W.J. & Colefax, A.N. 1940. The plankton of the Australian coastal waters off New South Wales. Part I. Publications of the University of Sydney, Department of Zoology. Monograph 1: 1-215 (as Gastrosaccus spp.)

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