Species Limnoria quadripunctata Holthuis, 1949

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• Limnoria quadripunctata Holthuis, L.B. 1949. The Isopoda and Tanaidacea of the Netherlands, including the description of a new species of Limnoria. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 30: 163-190 [167].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH 1597, 3129, 3136, North Sea coast of Zuid-Holland, between Katwidjk and Noordwijk and between Noordwijk and Nordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread distribution including the Netherlands, western U.S.A., New Zealand, Chile, U.K., France.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
  • New South Wales
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, subtidal, wood-borer.

 

General References

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

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 (description, figures)

 

History of changes

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