Species Pseudoproto fallax Mayer, 1903

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudoproto fallax Mayer, P. 1903. Die Caprellidae der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 34: 1-160 pls 1-10 [27, pl. 6 fig. 22, pl. 9 figs 5, 52].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC, 34º15'N 128º51'E; Koh Kauv and N of Koh Chuen, Thailand.

  Secondary source:

   McCain, J.C. & Steinberg, J.E. 1970. Part 2. Amphipoda I Caprellidea I Fam. Caprellidae. pp. 1-78 in Gruner, H.-E & Holthuis, L.B. (eds). Crustaceorum Catalogus. Den Haag : Dr W. Junk N.V.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical, Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coast
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Oriental Region

• Thailand

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Littoral (0 to 30 m), filamentous algal turf attached to dead, thick, branching hard coral, 8 m depth, suspension feeder.

 

General References

Arimoto, I. 1976. Taxonomic studies of caprellids (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae) found in the Japanese and adjacent waters. Special Publications of the Seto Marine Biology Laboratory, Kyoto University 3: 1-229

Guerra-García, J.M. 2006. Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Great Barrier Reef and adjacent localities. Records of the Australian Museum 58: 417-458 [436, fig. 33]

Mayer, P. 1912. Caprellidae. In Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebn. Hamb. Südwest-Aust. Forsch. 1905 4(1): 1–14.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	29-Apr-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		08-Jun-2011	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		12-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED