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Species Stylocheiron elongatum Sars, 1883

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic Ocean (mostly from 40ºN–40ºS but to 65ºN in Gulf Stream), Pacific Ocean (from 40ºN–35ºS), Indian Ocean (from about 10ºN–40ºS).


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

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), Cape Province (20)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Epipelagic, mesopelagic, oceanic province.

Extra Ecological Information

Absent from oxygen-deficient waters such as parts of eastern tropical Pacific, Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, preyed on by fish, depth 200–500 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)
12-Feb-2010 (import)