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Genus Cilunculus Loman, 1908

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Genus Cilunculus Loman, 1908

  • Cilunculus Loman, J.C.C. 1908. Die Pantopoden der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Expeditie Monographie. Leiden : E. J. Brill Vol. 40 pp. 1-88 [54].
    Type species (included species):
     Cilunculus frontosus Loman, 1908; Cilunculus perspicax Loman, 1908

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

  • Antarctica
  • Subantarctic Islands
    • South Sandwich Islands

Australian Region

  • Antipodean Islands
  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast
    • New South Wales: SE oceanic
    • Queensland: NE oceanic
  • New Caledonia

Diagnosis

Similar morphology to Ammothella. Chelifores originate in an anterior hood on the cephalic segment. Trunk elongate, segmentation lines swollen, some with dorsal tubercles or spines; ocular tubercle usually slender, tall; chelifore scape one-segmented, chelae atrophied in bumps; palps 9-segmented; ovigers 10-segmented with no claw. Legs usually setose, claw and auxiliaries long. Cement gland long, bizarre tube on dorsodistal half of the femur.