Species Urohaustorius metungi Fearn-Wannan, 1968

Museums

Regional Maps

• Urohaustorius metungi Fearn-Wannan, H.J. 1968. Littoral Amphipoda of Victoria, Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 81(1): 31-58 [31, figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J151 ♂, Tambo Bay, Lake King, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV J152; NMV J1931 1 specimen.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, estuary, littoral, marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom.

 

General References

Barnard, J.L. & Drummond, M.M. 1982. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part V: Superfamily Haustorioidea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 360: i-iv, 1-148

Berents, P.B. 1989. Amphipod Reproductive Patterns. PhD Thesis, Australian National University, Canberra. 280 pp.

Dexter, D.M. 1983. Community structure of intertidal sandy beaches in New South Wales, Australia. pp. 461-472 in McLachlan, A. & Erasmus, T. (eds). Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems. The Hague : W. Junk.

Dexter, D.M. 1985. Distribution and life histories of abundant crustaceans of four sandy beaches of south-eastern New South Wales. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 281-289

Jones, A.R. 1987. Temporal patterns in the macobenthic communities of the Hawkesbury Estuary, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 607-624

Jones, A.R., Watson-Russell, C.J. & Murray, A. 1986. Spatial patterns in the macrobenthic communities of the Hawkesbury Estuary, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 521-543

Poore, G.C.B. 1982. Benthic communities of the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33(5): 901-915

 

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