Species Neognathophausia gigas (Willemöes-Suhm, 1873)
- Gnathophausia gigas Willemöes-Suhm, R.V. 1873. In, Wyville Thomson, C. Notes from the "Challenger", VII. Nature (London) 8: 400-403 [400, figs 4, 5].
Type data:
Status unknown, 400 miles west of the Açores, 4020 m.
Generic Combinations
- Neognathophausia gigas (Willemöes-Suhm, 1873).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Only known in Australia from 85–135 km east of Sydney (1800 m depth); semicosmopolitan.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13)
Ecological Descriptors
Abyssopelagic, bathypelagic.
General References
Lowry, J.K. in Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 531 pp. (new record for Australia based on AM specimens)
History of changes
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| 05-Aug-2022 | 06-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 07-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |