Species Iais californica (Richardson, 1904)

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Species Iais californica (Richardson, 1904)

Janiropsis californica Richardson, H. 1904. Isopod crustaceans from the north-west coast of North America. Harriman Alaska Expedition, New York 10: 211-230 [223].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM 28716, 86813, Sausalito, California, USA.
Secondary source:
Menzies, R.J. & Barnard, J.L. 1951. The isopodan genus Iais (Crustacea). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 50: 135-151.
Iais pubescens longistylis Chilton, C. 1912. Miscellaneous notes on some New Zealand Crustacea. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 44: 128-135 [132].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Marlborough Sounds and Hawke (as Hawkes) Bay, New Zealand and Sydney Harbour, NSW, commensal on Sphaeroma quoianum Milne Edwards, 1840.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Hurley, D.E. 1956. The New Zealand species of Iais (Crustacea Isopoda). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 83: 715-719 [715]
Müller, H.-G. & Brusca, R.C. 1992. Validation and redescription of Iais singaporensis Menzies & Barnard, 1951, a commensal with Sphaeroma triste Heller, 1865, from a Malaysian coral reef. Zoologischer Anzeiger 229: 73-82 (recognised Iais singaporensis Menzies & Barnard, 1951 as a distinct species)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, California, USA.

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

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast
- New South Wales
- Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal, epizoic, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

On Sphaeroma quoianum Milne Edwards, 1840 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae).

General References

Rotramel, G. 1975. Observations on the commensal relations of Iais californica (Richardson, 1904) and Sphaeroma quoyanum Milne-Edwards, 1840 (Isopoda). Crustaceana 39: 247-258 (population biology)

History of changes

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

Published	Action Date	Action Type
05-Aug-2022	05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	05-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
	29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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