Species Nephtys paradoxa Malm, 1874

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Species Nephtys paradoxa Malm, 1874

Nephtys paradoxa Malm, A.W. 1874. Annulater i hafvet utmed Sverges vestkust och omkring Göteborg. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar B 14: 67-105 [78].
Type data:
Status unknown, Western Europe.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

60 km SE of Green Cape, NSW; known from N Atlantic, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk and Subantarctic areas off Chile.

Australian Endemic.

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

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

Known from 860 m depth in Australia, but up to as shallow as 50 m elsewhere.

Citations

Nephtys paradoxa.
—Fauchald, K. 1963. Nephtyidae (Polychaeta) from Norwegian waters. Sarsia 13: 1–28 [13–15, figs 1–3].
—Paxton, H. 1974. Contribution to the study of Australian Nephtyidae (Polychaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 28: 197–208 [204].

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)
17-Oct-2023		27-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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