Species Cyclaspis exsculpta Sars, 1887

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cyclaspis exsculpta 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 [20, pl. 1 figs 24-26].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 87.7 ♀, Flinders Passage, between Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom.

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 [26] (description of male)