Species Metaphoxus tuckatuck J.L. Barnard & Drummond, 1978

Museums

Metaphoxus tuckatuck Barnard, J.L. & Drummond, M.M. 1978. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part III: The Phoxocephalidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 245: 1-551 [449, figs 228-231].
Type data:
Holotype NMV J584 ♀, Port Phillip Bay, VIC [38°02'S 144°35'E].
Paratype(s) NMV J585 1 specimen; NMV J586 1 specimen; NMV J587 1 specimen.
Type locality references:
Poore, G.C.B. 1986. Marine benthic invertebrate collections from Victorian bays and estuaries. Marine Science Laboratories, Queenscliff, Victoria, Technical Report 58: 1-28.

New South Wales, Victoria

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

Benthic, littoral, marine, sublittoral.

Soft bottom, nocturnal swimming reproductive males.

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	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		30-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED