Species Upogebia bowerbankii (Miers, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gebiopsis bowerbankii Miers, E.J. 1884. Crustacea. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. `Alert' 1881–2. Part I. The collections from Melanesia. Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London : British Museum. pp. 178–322, 513–575 pls 18–32, 46–51. [282].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1861.97 ♂, Freemantle, WA.
• Upogebia octoceras australiensis de Man, J.G. 1927. A contribution to the knowledge of twenty-one species of the genus Upogebia Leach. Capita Zoologica 2(5): 1-58 6 pls [14].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Jackson, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sakai, K. 1993. On a collection of Upogebiidae (Crustacea, Thalassinidea) from the Northern Territory Museum, Australia, with the description of two new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 10(1): 87-114 [90]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Often taken in sponges, depth 6 to 200 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-May-2012		08-May-2012	MODIFIED
		03-Jun-2010	MODIFIED