Species Limnoria insulae Menzies, 1957

Limnoria (Limnoria) insulae Menzies, R.J. 1957. The marine borer family Limnoriidae (Crustacea, Isopoda). Part I: Northern and Central America: systematics, distribution, and ecology. Part II: Additions to the systematics. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 7: 101-200 [178].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM S5740 ♂, Serua, Fiji.
Paratype(s) BPBM S5741.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Guam, Caroline Ils, Palmyra Ils, Andaman Ils.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: N coast, NE coast
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Boring into coconut trunks, Pinus spp., Eucalyptus marginata, Syncarpia glomulefera.

General References

Cookson, L.J. 1991. Australasian species of Limnoriidae (Crustacea: Isopoda). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 52: 137-262 (redescription, substrates)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
05-Aug-2022	04-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
	29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED