Species Scolopostoma darwinensis Lowry & Stoddart, 2012
- Scolopostoma darwinensis Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2012. Australian and South African conicostomatine amphipods (Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Lysianassidae: Conicostomatinae subfam.nov.). Zootaxa 3248: 43-65 [56, figs 8-10].
Type data:
Holotype AM P.33816 ♀, 4.5 mm, ovigerous (14 eggs), East Point, Darwin, Northern Territory [~ 12°27'S 130°50'E].
Paratype(s) AM P.69098 2 ♀, East Point, Darwin, Northern Territory [~ 12°27'S 130°50'E]; AM P.69099 27 specimens, west of East Point, Fannie Bay, Darwin, Northern Territory [11°24.5’S 130°48.5’E]; AM P.69100 13 specimens, Goat Point, Darwin, Northern Territory [12°28'S 130°49'E]; AM P.69101 1 ♂, 3.0 mm, East Point, Darwin, Northern Territory [~ 12°27'S 130°50'E]; AM P.69102 1 ♂, Shell Island, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory [12°29.7'S 139°52.7'E]; AM P.69103 8 specimens, Old Man Rock, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory [12°29'S 130°54'E].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Darwin Harbour, northern Australia; intertidal to 10 m depth
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
On encrusting ascidian Didemnum psammatodes, didenopsid tunicate
General References
Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 1983. The shallow-water gammaridean Amphipoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia: Lysianassoidea. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 13(4): 279-394 [285] (in part, material cited from Port Darwin, as Scolopostoma prionoplax)
Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 1986. Protandrous hermaphrodites among the lysianassoid Amphipoda. Journal of Crustacean Biology 6(4): 742-748 [744] (as Scolopostoma prionoplax)
Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 531 pp. [170] (Australian record, as Scolopostoma prionoplax)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 06-Feb-2013 | MOVED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
| 30-Apr-2012 | ADDED |