Species Uroctena westralis (Chilton, 1925)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neoniphargus westralis Chilton, C. 1925. A new blind freshwater amphipod (genus Neoniphargus) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 11: 81-84 pls 4-5 [82, fig. 1, pls 4, 5].

  Type data:

   Lectotype WAM 10661 ♂, Darlington, Darling Ranges, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) WAM 10661 7 specimens, Darlington, Darling Ranges, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Williams, W.D. & Barnard, J.L. 1988. The taxonomy of crangonyctoid Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Australian fresh waters: foundation studies. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 1-180.

 

Generic Combinations

• Uroctena westralis (Chilton, 1925). —
  Williams, W.D. & Barnard, J.L. 1988. The taxonomy of crangonyctoid Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Australian fresh waters: foundation studies. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 1-180 [94, figs. 54-57]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		30-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED