Species Megalocercus huxleyi (Ritter, 1905)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Oikopleura huxleyi Ritter, W.E. in Ritter, W.E. & Byxbee, E.S. 1905. The pelagic Tunicata. Rep. Sci. Res. Expl. Trop. Pac. St. 'Albatross' VIII. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 26(8): 195-214 pls i-ii [206].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, north of New Guinea [2°38'N 137°22'E].
• Oikopleura megastoma Aida, T. 1907. Appendicularia of Japanese waters. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 23(5): 1-25 pls i-iv [11].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Japan.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ihle, J.E.W. 1908. Oikopleura megastoma Aida, identisch mit Megalocercus huxleyi (Ritter). Zoologischer Anzeiger 32: 775-776 [775]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Indian Ocean, Indo-west Pacific Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, planktonic.

Extra Ecological Information

Warm water up to 29.3ºC.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)