Species Urohaustorius merkanius Barnard & Drummond, 1982

Museums

Regional Maps

• Urohaustorius merkanius Barnard, J.L. & Drummond, M.M. 1982. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part V: Superfamily Haustorioidea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 360: i-iv, 1-148 [64, figs 25(part), 26(part)].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J1886 ♂, Western Port, VIC [38°24'S 145°16'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J1887–J1894 8 specimens; NMV J1895 2 specimens.

  Type locality references:

  Poore, G.C.B. 1986. Marine benthic invertebrate collections from Victorian bays and estuaries. Marine Science Laboratories, Queenscliff, Victoria, Technical Report 58: 1-28.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, littoral, marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom.

 

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		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED