Species Typton australis Bruce, 1973
- Typton australis Bruce, A.J. 1973. Typton australis sp. nov., a new pontoniinid shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 28: 253-263 [254 figs 1-4].
Type data:
Holotype AM P17936 ♀, Chinaman's Reef, Great Barrier Reef, QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Onycocaridella australis (Bruce, 1973) [Bruce (2009) rejects new comination of Marin (2008), argues for classification in Typton]. —
Marin, I. 2008. A revision of the generic position of Typton australis Bruce, 1973 (Decapoda: Palaemonidae: Pontoniinae), with a new diagnosis for the pontoniine shrimp genus Onycocaridella Bruce, 1981. Zootaxa 1897: 64-66
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
From dead coral.
General References
Bruce, A.J. 2009. Comments on the generic position of Typton australis Bruce, 1973, and some related taxa (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae). Zootaxa 2076: 60-62
Marin, I. 2008. A revision of the generic position of Typton australis Bruce, 1973 (Decapoda: Palaemonidae: Pontoniinae), with a new diagnosis for the pontoniine shrimp genus Onycocaridella Bruce, 1981. Zootaxa 1897: 64-66 (refers Typton australis to Onycocaridella Bruce, 1981)
History of changes
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |