Species Picrocuma poecilotum Hale, 1936
- Picrocuma poecilota Hale, H.M. 1936. Cumacea from a South Australian reef. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 404-438 [415, figs 7, 8].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA C2006 ♀ ovigerous, Fossil Reef, Wynyard, TAS.
Paratype(s) SAMA C2010–C2013, Sellicks Beach, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania
IMCRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
From sand, attracted to underwater light, intertidal to 21 m depth.
General References
Hale, H.M. 1943. Notes on two sand-dwelling Cumacea (Gephyrocuma and Picrocuma). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 337-342 (behaviour)
Hale, H.M. 1945. Australian Cumacea. No. 9 The family Nannastacidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8: 145-218 [178] (description of male)
Tafe, D.J. & Greenwood, J.G. 1996. The Bodotriidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 391-482 [472]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 06-Mar-2013 | 06-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 08-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |