Genus Mallacoota Barnard, 1972
- Mallacoota Barnard, J.L. 1972. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part I. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 103: i-vi 1-333 [243].
Type species:
Megamoera diemenensis Haswell, 1879 by original designation.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
MELITIDAE: Mallacoota nananui Myers, 1986 — Myers, A.A. 1986. Amphipoda from the South Pacific: Niue Island. Journal of Natural History 20: 1381-1392 (recorded this species, however distribution record not based on any Australian material); Lowry, J.K. in Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 531 pp. (excluded this species)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Seychelles
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Northern Territory
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast, NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Lower W coast
- Fiji
- Hawaii
- Kiribati
- New Caledonia
- Tonga
Oriental Region
- India
- Indonesia
- Philippines
Distribution References
General References
Bopiah, A. & Hughes, L.E. 2013. New species and records of Mallacoota from the South Pacific (Maeridae: Amphipoda: Peracarida). Marine Biodiversity Records 6: 1-16 (South Pacific taxa)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 17-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | MAERIDAE Krapp-Schickel, 2008 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 06-Feb-2013 | MOVED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
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