Species Gynodiastylis truncatifrons Hale, 1928

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gynodiastylis truncatifrons Hale, H.M. 1928. Australian Cumacea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 52: 31-48 [43, figs 13, 14].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C1754 ♀ adult, 5 miles off Semaphore, Gulf St Vincent, SA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom, 30–130 m depth.

General References

Gerken, S. 2001. The Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59(1): 1-276 [50, figs 213, 214]

Hale, H.M. 1946. Australian Cumacea. No. 12 The family Diastylidae (Part 2). Gynodiastylis and related genera. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8: 357-444 [383] (description of adult male)

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