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Species Oratosquillina stephensoni (Manning, 1978)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, mud bottom, predator, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Level sandy-mud to mud substrates, 5.5–43 m depth.

 

General References

Ahyong, S.T. 2001. Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea. Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 26: 1-326 [298-300 fig. 145] (Squilla perpensa, Kemp, 1911 [= Oratosquillina] recorded from Darwin by Manning (1966), was a misidentification, and correctly belongs to O. stephensoni)

 

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)
22-Dec-2016 SQUILLIDAE Latreille, 1802 29-Sep-2015 MODIFIED
31-Jul-2013 31-Jul-2013 MODIFIED
30-May-2012 30-May-2012 MOVED
10-May-2012 10-May-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)