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Species Prionospio nirripa Wilson, 1990


Compiler and date details

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

  • Type data:
     Holotype NMV F50359 (anterior fragment, 28 chaetigers), 27 km south of Cape Otway, Western Bass Strait, 95 [39°06.0'S, 143°35.8'E].
    Paratype(s) NMV F50360-1 2 specimens, 27 km south of Cape Otway, Western Bass Strait, 95 [39°06.0'S, 143°35.8'E]; AM W203950 1 specimen, 65 km south south west of Cape Otway, Western Bass Strait, 99 [39°22'S, 143°10'E]; USNM 122748 4 specimens, 30 km south south west of Cape Otway, Western Bass Strait, 77 [39°8'S, 143°24'E]; NMWZ 1989.116.4 3 specimens, 35 km west of Cape Otway, Western Bass Strait, 69 [38°50.0'S, 143°7.5'E]; AM W203951 2 specimens, 30 km south west of Cape Otway, Western Bass Strait, 84 [39°01.1'S, 143°15.2'E].

 

Distribution

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, mud bottom, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

21–99 m depth.

 

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)