Species Phaneropora galatheae Zezina, 1981

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• Phaneropora galatheae Zezina, O.N. 1981. Recent deep-sea Brachiopoda from the western Pacific. Galathea Report 15: 7-20 [19, pl. 4, figs 1-7].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, Great Australian Bight, 37°28'S, 138°55'E, 1320-1340 m.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Bathyal, benthic, continental rise, continental slope, filter-feeder, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In sand, ooze, on gastropod shells.

 

General References

Richardson, J.R. 1997. Chapter 19. Brachiopods (Phylum Brachiopoda). pp. 999-1027 in Shepherd, S.A. & Davies, M. (eds). Marine invertebrates of Southern Australia. Richmond, SA : South Australian Research and Development Institute & Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbook Committee Vol. 3 pp. 902-1264. [1013] (fig. 19.8a, b; description, distribution, ecology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)