Species Cyclaspis candida Zimmer, 1921

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cyclaspis candida Zimmer, C. 1921. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–13 XXVI. Cumaceen. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 61: 1-13 [9, figs 12, 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown adult (possibly in NHRM), 42 nautical miles WSW of Cape Jaubert, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Attracted to underwater light, surface to 21 m depth.

General References

Hale, H.M. 1948. Australian Cumacea. No. 14 Further notes on the genus Cyclaspis. Records of the South Australian Museum 9: 1-42 [40] (taxonomy)