Species Cyclaspis australis Sars, 1887

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cyclaspis australis Sars, G.O. 1887. Report on the Cumacea collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology) 19: 1-78 pls 1-10 [12, pl. 1 figs 1-20].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 87.7 subadults, off entrance to Port Phillip Bay, VIC.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, mud bottom, sand bottom, silt bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Surface to 100 m depth.

General References

Hale, H.M. 1944. Australian Cumacea. No. 7 The genus Cyclaspis. Records of the South Australian Museum 8: 63-142 [127] (description of adult female)