Species Thysanopoda aequalis Hansen, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thysanopoda aequalis Hansen, H.J. 1905. Further notes on the Schizopoda. Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco 42: 1-32 [18].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MOM, off Monaco.
• Thysanopoda subaequalis Boden, B.P. 1954. The Euphausiid crustaceans of southern African waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 34: 181-243 [190 figs 5a-d].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1951.iv.2.1 ♂, Straits of Mozambique.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brinton, E. 1975. Euphausiids of Southeast Asian Waters. Naga Report. Scientific Results of Marine Investigations of the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand 4(5): 1-287 [165]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indo-Pacific (between about 50ºN and 30ºS latitude, but avoiding the equatorial belt).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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
  • New South Wales: SE oceanic
  • Queensland: NE oceanic, SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Epipelagic, mesopelagic, oceanic province.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults migrate between upper part of thermocline (night) and depth of deep scattering layer, about 300–600 m (day).

 

General References

Boden, B.P. & Brinton, E. 1957. The euphausiid crustaceans Thysanopoda aequalis Hansen and Thysanopoda subaequalis Boden, their taxonomy and distribution in the Pacific. Limnologie et Océanographie 2: 337-341

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)