Species Gephyrocuma pala Hale, 1936

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• Gephyrocuma pala Hale, H.M. 1936. Cumacea from a South Australian reef. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 404-438 [412, figs 5, 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C2000 ♀ subadult, Sellicks Beach, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA C2001, Spencer Gulf, SA; SAMA C2005, Spencer Gulf, SA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, littoral, marine, mud bottom, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

To 31 m depth.

General References

Dexter, D.M. 1983. Community structure of intertidal sandy beaches in New South Wales, Australia. pp. 461-472 in McLachlan, A. & Erasmus, T. (eds). Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems. The Hague : W. Junk.

Hale, H.M. 1943. Notes on two sand-dwelling Cumacea (Gephyrocuma and Picrocuma). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 337-342 (behaviour)

Hale, H.M. 1944. Australian Cumacea. No. 8 The family Bodotriidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 68: 225-285 [250] (description of adults)

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