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Species Ibacus chacei Brown & Holthuis, 1998

Smooth Bug

  • Type data:
     Holotype AM P32741 , SE of Cape Hawke, NSW [32°18'S 152°43'E].
    Paratype(s) AM P32742 , SE of Cape Hawke, NSW; AM P31407 3 3, SE of Cape Hawke, NSW; AM P31548 2 1, E of Cape Byron, NSW; AM P15589 , Ballina, off Richmond RIver mouth, NSW; AM P15590 , Ballina, off Richmond RIver mouth, NSW; AM E2026 1 1, 11 miles SE of Ballina, NSW; QM W3054 1, 11 miles SE of Ballina, NSW; TMH G1110 2, 11 miles SE of Ballina, NSW; RMNH D37610 1 1 1 juvenile, 11 miles SE of Ballina, NSW; NTM Cr.012310 2, between North and South Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW; USNM 243402 2, between North and South Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW; QM W14341 , Queensland [17°52'S 146°55'E]; RMNH D36219 , E of Townsville, Queensland; QM W15358 , Queensland [23°33'S 152°23'E]; RMNH D25523 , off coast of south Queensland; RMNH D25520 1 juvenile, NE of Noosa Heads, QLD; RMNH D25522 1 1 2 juveniles, SE of Noosa Heads, QLD; RMNH D25521 , NE of Moreton Bay, QLD; AM P31406 1 4 , SE of Southport, QLD; AM P31553 1 1, SE of Southport, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

From SE of Innisfail, QLD south to NE of Batemans Bay, NSW.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, subtidal.

Trade

trawled commercially

Extra Ecological Information

From 22–330 m depth.

 

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)
29-Mar-2012 29-Mar-2012 MOVED
03-Jun-2010 MODIFIED