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Species Stylocheiron carinatum Sars, 1883

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic-Indo-Pacific Oceans (between about 40ºN and 35ºS).


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)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: N coast, NW coast
    • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, NW oceanic, SE oceanic
    • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef

Ecological Descriptors

Epipelagic, mesopelagic, oceanic province.

Extra Ecological Information

Preyed on by fish, depth 50–300 m (mostly above 140 m) moving towards surface at night.

 

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)
12-Feb-2010 (import)