Species Litogynodiastylis margarita (Hale, 1946)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gynodiastylis margarita Hale, H.M. 1946. Australian Cumacea. No. 12 The family Diastylidae (Part 2). Gynodiastylis and related genera. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8: 357-444 [409, figs 37, 38].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C2689 ♀, 4 miles off Port Hacking, NSW, 80 m.
  Paratype(s) SAMA C2551 ♀, 4 miles off Port Hacking; SAMA C2723 ♀, 4 miles off Port Hacking; SAMA C2690 ♂, 4 miles off Port Hacking.

Generic Combinations

• Litogynodiastylis margarita (Hale, 1946). —
  Gerken, S. 2001. The Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59(1): 1-276 [20]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom, from mud and attracted to underwater light, 60–80 m depth.

General References

Gerken, S. 2001. The Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59(1): 1-276 [20, fig. 60]

History of changes