Genus Aora Krøyer, 1845

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aora Krøyer, H.N. 1845. Karcinologiske Bidrag. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 2 1: 283-345; 453-638 [335].

  Type species:

   Aora typica Krøyer, 1845 by indication.
• Lalaria Nicolet, H. 1849. Crustaceos. pp. 115-318 in Gay, C. (ed.). Historia Física y Política de Chile. Zoológica. Chile : Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago Vol. 3 547 pp. [240].

  Type species:

   Lalaria longitarsis Nicolet, 1849 by monotypy.
• Lonchomerus Spence Bate, C. 1856. On the British Edriophthalmata. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Glasgow 1855: 18-62 [58] [originally without included species, rediagnosed with included species by Spence Bate (1857)].

  Type species:

   Lonchomerus gracilis Spence Bate, 1857 by subsequent monotypy, see Spence Bate, C. 1857. A synopsis of the British edriophthalmous Crustacea. Part I. Amphipoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 19: 135-152.

  Secondary source:

   Spence Bate, C. 1857. A synopsis of the British edriophthalmous Crustacea. Part I. Amphipoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 19: 135-152.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lincoln, R.J. 1979. British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. London : British Museum (Natural History) 658 pp. [472]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

North-east Atlantic and temperate southern hemisphere.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Madagascar

Antarctic Region

• Subantarctic Islands

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast
• New Zealand

Neotropical Region

• Chile
  • Valparaiso

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	01-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	12-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		31-Mar-2010	ADDED
05-Aug-2022		31-Mar-2010	ADDED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED