Species Austrorossia australis (Berry, 1918)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Rossia (Austrorossia) australis Berry, S.S. 1918. Report on the Cephalopoda obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour in the Great Australian Bight and other southern Australian localities. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 4: 203-298 pls 59-88 [253].
Type data:
Holotype AM C148246 ♂ (=SSB 538, Endeavour E3636, 32 mm), ?ºS 130º50'E, S of Eucla, WA (Great Australian Bight), 250–300 m, latitude not given in original description (locality of Eucla is 34º41'S 128º52'E).
Paratype(s) USNM 815719 ♀ (50 mm (=SSB 537, Endeavour E3635)).
Generic Combinations
- Austrorossia australis (Berry, 1918).
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Rossia australis Berry, 1918. —
Lu, C.C. 2001. Cephalopoda. pp. 129-308 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [Date published 3 July 2001] [208] (name listed in Catalogue)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southeastern Australia, from Queensland, Raine Island, 11º35'S, 144º04'E to Western Australia, Great Australian Bight, 34ºS, 130º50'E.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Distribution References
- Reid, A. & Jereb, P. 2005. Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4 Rome : FAO Vol. 1 pp. 1-262. [193]
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: demersal.
Marine, predator.
General References
Cotton, B.C. 1938. The spermatophores of Rossia australis Berry. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 50: 338-440, pls 19, 20
Reid, A. 1991. Taxonomy review of the Australian Rossiinae (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae), with a description of a new species, Neorossia leptodons, and redescription of N. caroli (Joubin, 1902). Bulletin of Marine Science 49(3): 748-831 [748] (Australian distribution)
Reid, A. & Jereb, P. 2005. Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4 Rome : FAO Vol. 1 pp. 1-262. [193] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2012 | SEPIOLIDA | 08-May-2012 | MOVED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |