Species Graptacme acutissima (Watson, 1879)

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Species Graptacme acutissima (Watson, 1879)

Dentalium acutissimum Watson R.B. 1879. Mollusca of the 'Challenger' Expedition. Part II. The Solenoconchia, comprising the genera Dentalium, Siphodentalium and Cadulus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 14: 508-529 [514].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1887.2.9.31, N of Papua, 1957 m.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1887.2.9.32.
Subsequent designation references:
Ludbrook, N.H. 1954. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports. 10(2): 91–120 pl. 1. [109] (referred to a holotype); Lamprell, K.L. & Healy, J.M. 1998. A revision of the Scaphopoda from Australian waters (Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 24: 1-189 [97] (unnecessary designation of lectotype as Ludbrook's (1954) incorrect reference to a 'holotype' can be accepted as a lectotype designation (ICZN 1985, Art. 74b)).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

Graptacme acutissimum (Watson, 1879) [incorrect ending].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Mid-Pacific, off Japan (2050 fathoms [3750 m]), north of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coast, NE oceanic

Oriental Region

Indonesia

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Mud bottom, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Dredged from 1229 to 3750 m in sandy mud.

General References

Lamprell, K.L. & Healy, J.M. 1998. A revision of the Scaphopoda from Australian waters (Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 24: 1-189 [97]

Scarabino, V. 2008. Graptacme acutissima (Watson, 1879). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344504 (Accessed on 2015-07-16)

Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [557]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Jun-2016	SCAPHOPODA	16-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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