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Species Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Giant Marlin Spike, Marlinspike Auger, Spotted Auger

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to Philippines. Coral Sea (e.g. C.155914), Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island records based on specimens in the Australian Museum reference collection


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Kenn Transition (16), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Between coral patches. Feeds mainly at night on polychaetes

 

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)
01-Jun-2021 CONOIDEA 14-Mar-2013 MOVED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021 14-Feb-2012 MODIFIED
15-Jul-2016 MODIFIED