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Species Paraprionospio coora Wilson, 1990


Compiler and date details

Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Type data:
     Holotype NMV F50424 (71 chaetigers), 90 km north of Wynyard, Central Bass Strait, 75 [40°10.9'S, 145°44.3'S].
    Paratype(s) AM W203956 1 specimen, 90 km south of Tidal River, Wilson's Promontory, Central Bass Strait [39°49.5'S, 146°18.5'E]; USNM 122753 2 specimens, 60 km east of North Point, Flinders Island, Eastern Bass Strait [39°44.8'S, 148°40.6'E]; NMWZ 1989.116.9 2 specimens, 60 km east of North Point, Flinders Island, Eastern Bass Strait [39°44.8'S, 148°40.6'E]; NMV F50245 1 specimen, Central Bass Strait; NMV F50426-30 5 specimens, 60 km east of North Point, Flinders Island, Eastern Bass Strait [39°44.8'S, 148°40.6'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania


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

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

6–124 m depth.

 

Misidentifications

as Paraprionospio pinnata.
—Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171–280 [209–210].

 

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 15-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 16-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)