Australian Biological Resources Study

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Species Limnoria platycauda Menzies, 1957

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Carribbean, Andaman Ils, Aldabra Atoll, Japan, Admiralty 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.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
    • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal, wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Boring into mangrove wood, Pinus spp., Syncarpia spp., Melaleuca spp., Casuarina spp.

 

General References

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

 

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)
05-Aug-2022 04-May-2011 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 29-Jun-2010 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2010 MODIFIED