Species Spherillo grossus (Budde-Lund, 1885)

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Species Spherillo grossus (Budde-Lund, 1885)

Armadillo grossus Budde-Lund, G. 1885. Crustacea Isopoda Terrestria per Familias et Genera et Species descripta. Hauniae : Sumtibus Auctoria 320 pp. [19].
Type data:

Syntype(s) MGH 6055 (?K16837) 9 specimens, Rockhampton, QLD (as Australia); BMNH 1921.10.18.853–59, 1956.10.10.119–20 several specimens + 9♀ 1♂, Rockhampton, QLD (as Australia); ZMUC CRU446 2 specimens, Rockhampton, QLD (as Australia).
Secondary source:
Lincoln, R.J. & Ellis, J.P. 1974. Catalogue of the types of terrestrial isopods (Oniscoidea) in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History) I. Superfamily Pseudotracheata. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 27: 189-246.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

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)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

General References

Green, A.J.A. in Poore, G.C.B. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. In Houston, W.W.K. & Beesley, P.L. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 434 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement S. grossus no longer belongs in this genus following resolution of the type species uncertainty)

Lee, T.R.C., Ho, S.Y.W., Wilson, G.D.F. & Lo, N. 2014. Phylogeography and diversity of the terrestrial isopod Spherillo grossus (Oniscidea: Armadillidae) on the Australian East Coast. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 97–309

Vandel, A. 1973. Les Isopodes terrestres de l'Australie, étude systématique et biogéographique. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] (A) Zoologie 82: 1-171 (distribution)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
05-Aug-2022	04-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
	29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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