Species Leachia pacificus (Issel, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Zygaenopsis pacifica Issel, R. 1908. Molluschi. 1. Cefalopodi planctonici. Raccolte planctoniche fatte dalla R. Nave Liguria. Pubblicazioni del R. Istituto di Studi Superiori Pratici e di Perfezionamento in Firenze 1: 201-243 56 figs [223].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, (between Tahiti and Pango-Pango) [14°32'15''S 167°43'W].

  Secondary source:

   Pfeffer, G. 1912. Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Ubersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1-815 pls 1-48.

Generic Combinations

• Leachia pacificus (Issel, 1908).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nectonic.

Paralarva: planktonic.

Continental shelf, continental slope, mesopelagic, temperate.

General References

Allan, J. 1945. Planktonic cephalopod larvae from the eastern Australian coast. Records of the Australian Museum 21: 317-350 pls 24-27

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