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Species Solenostomus leptosoma Tanaka, 1908

Delicate Ghost Pipefish, Delicate Ghostpipefish

 

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Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Introduction

There is little documentation of the distribution of the species in Australia and no specimens from Australia have been identified as this species. Occurrence in Australia is based on Allen & Erdmann (2012) and Kuiter (2009). Some workers included Solenostomus leptosoma as a junior synonym of S. paradoxus (see Kuiter 1993). Orr & Fritsche (1993) treated the species as of uncertain status. Orr et al (2002) also did not recognise S. leptosoma and regarded the usage by Kuiter (2000) for S. leptosoma as based on an undescribed species. Consequently the name used here is tentative.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Australia, poorly known; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, rubble bottom, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

0-95m

 

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)
27-Jul-2017 SYNGNATHIFORMES 26-Apr-2017 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
25-Jun-2015 SYNGNATHIFORMES 11-Aug-2014 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED