Genus Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1873
- Nephropsis Wood-Mason, J. 1873. On Nephropsis stewarti a new genus and species of Macrurous Crustaceans dredged in deep water off the eastern coast of the Andaman Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(4): 59-64 [60] [name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1959. Opinion 559. Determination of the gender to be attributed to six generic names in the Class Crustacea (Order Decapoda) and addition of the names concerned to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20: 283–292; gender feminine].
Type species:
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1873 by monotypy.Secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1959. Opinion 559. Determination of the gender to be attributed to six generic names in the Class Crustacea (Order Decapoda) and addition of the names concerned to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20: 283-292.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast, NE oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast, NW oceanic, W oceanic
Distribution References
General References
Macpherson, E. 1993. New records for the genus Nephropsis Wood-Mason (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae) from Northern Australia, with the description of two new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 10(1): 55-66 [64] (key to Australian species)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
29-May-2012 | 29-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
20-Oct-2011 | 20-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |