Species Bodotria maculosa Hale, 1944

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bodotria maculosa Hale, H.M. 1944. Australian Cumacea. No. 8 The family Bodotriidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63: 225-285 [226, figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C2365 ♂ adult, Dangerous Reef, Spencer Gulf, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA C2488 1 specimen, off Port Hacking, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

From sand, attracted to underwater light, surface to 50 m.

General References

Hale, H.M. 1949. Australian Cumacea. No. 15 The family Bodotriidae (cont.). Records of the South Australian Museum 9: 107-125 [107] (description of adult female)

Tafe, D.J. & Greenwood, J.G. 1996. The Bodotriidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 391-482 [396]