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Species Belosquilla laevis (Hess, 1865)

Smooth Mantis-shrimp

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Most common shallow water squilloid in temperate Australian waters, frequently taken by commercial prawn trawlers.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, intertidal, littoral, predator, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow embayments or other sheltered coastal waters, burrows are simple and U-shaped, constructed in sand-mud substrates, often in association with seagrass or rubble, intertidal to 40 m.

 

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)
30-May-2012 30-May-2012 MOVED
10-May-2012 10-May-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)