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Species Jasus edwardsii (Hutton, 1875)

Red Rock Lobster (Fao), Southern Rock Lobster (Australia)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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

Coral reef, littoral, rock bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Found on rocky onshore and offshore reefs with sufficient hiding places, nocturnal, mating and egg-laying occurs from May to July after female moults, depth 0 to 200 m.

 

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