Species Halophiloscia couchii (Kinahan, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Philoscia couchii Kinahan, J.R. 1858. On the genera Philoscia (Latreille), Itea (Koch), Philougria (Kinahan), comprising descriptions of new British species. Natural History Review 5: 194-200 [195].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Talland Cove, near Polperro, UK.

  Secondary source:

   Spence Bate, C. & Westwood, J.O. 1868. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. London : John Van Voorst Vol. II Pts 20-23, pp. 401-536.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rottnest Is.

Introduced from UK or Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Supratidal, terrestrial.

 

General References

Bunn, S.E. & Green, A.J.A. 1982. Oniscoidea (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 65: 147-151 (Australian record, distribution outside Australia)

Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 654: 1-341 (re-illustrated)

Spence Bate, C. & Westwood, J.O. 1868. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. London : John Van Voorst Vol. II Pts 20-23, pp. 401-536. (biology and distribution outside Australia)

 

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