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Genus Mesanthura Barnard, 1914

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

ANTHURIDAE: Mesanthura maculata (Haswell, 1881) [confined to New Zealand, see Poore & Lew Ton (1986: 88)] — Haswell, W.A. 1881. On some new Australian marine Isopoda – Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5: 470-481, pls 16-19 (now in Accalathura)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.


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 Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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

Afrotropical Region

  • Madagascar
  • Mozambique

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Distribution References

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 PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022 ISOPODA Latreille, 1817 17-May-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED