Australian Biological Resources Study

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Species Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Japan).


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater, mangrove, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Megalopae migrate upstream into freshwater to mature, under rocks, logs, and dead leaves.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012 04-Jun-2012 MOVED
26-Mar-2012 26-Mar-2012 MOVED
26-Mar-2012 26-Mar-2012 MOVED
10-May-2012 22-Nov-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)