- Limnoria indica Becker, G. & Kampf, W.-D. 1958. Funde der holzzer störenden Isopoden gattung Limnoria an der Festlandküste Indiens und Neubeschreibung von Limnoria indica. Angewandte Zoologie 45: 1-9 [3].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM, Mandapam and Madras, India.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific Ocean, India, Hong Kong, Philippines, Belize, Mexico.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, NW coast
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, subtidal, wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Boring into mangrove roots, treated and untreated timbers.
General References
Cookson, L.J. 1987. The occurrence of Limnoria indica Becker and Kampf (Isopoda) on the eastern coast of Australia. Crustaceana 52: 85-89 (Australian record, distribution, ecology, figures)
Cookson, L.J. 1991. Australasian species of Limnoriidae (Crustacea: Isopoda). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 52: 137-262 (redescription, substrates)
Kensley, B. & Schotte, M. 1987. New records of isopod crustaceans from the Caribbean, the Florida Keys, and the Bahamas. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100: 216-247 (figures)
Kensley, B. & Schotte, M. 1989. Guide to the Marine Isopod Crustaceans of the Caribbean. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press 308 pp. (record from Caribbean)
History of changes
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| 05-Aug-2022 | 04-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 29-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |