Species Nymphon rottnesti Child, 1975

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nymphon rottnesti Child, C.A. 1975. Pycnogonida of Western Australia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 190: 1-29 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 6982 ♀, W of Rottnest Is, Rottnest Island [32° 0' 0" S, 115° 16' 12" E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 6983-4 1 ♀, 1 juv. (possible paratype USNM 119236.), same locality as holotype.
• Nymphon flindersi Child, C.A. 1975. Pycnogonida of Western Australia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 190: 1-29 [3].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 9346 ♀ (L. Marsh and M. Shepherd on F.R.V. Flinders, March 1972.), West of Garden Island [32°13.3"S, 115°33.3"E, to 32°I3.0"S, 115°31.1"E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: continental shelf.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Apr-2022	PYCNOGONIDA Latreille, 1810	13-Apr-2022	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)