Species Melita zeylanica Stebbing, 1904

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melita zeylanica Stebbing, T.R.R. 1904. Gregarious Crustacea of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 2(5): 1-29 [22, pl. 5].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Barnard, J.L. 1972. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part I. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 103: i-vi 1-333

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Oriental Region–Sri Lanka.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

Oriental Region

• Sri Lanka

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Melita zeylanica zeylanica Stebbing, 1904

Melita zeylanica Stebbing, T.R.R. 1904. Gregarious Crustacea from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 2(5): 1–29 [22, pl. 5].
Type data: syntypes whereabouts unknown.
Type locality: Lake Negombo, Sri Lanka [as Ceylon].

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		06-Feb-2013	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		18-Jun-2010	ADDED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)