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Species Cyclaspis mjoebergi Zimmer, 1921

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Species Cyclaspis mjoebergi Zimmer, 1921

  • Cyclaspis mjoebergi 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 [11, figs 14-16].
    Type data:
     Holotype whereabouts unknown (probably in NHRM), 42 nautical miles WSW of Cape Jaubert, WA.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attracted to underwater light, to 22 m depth.

 

General References

Hale, H.M. 1944. Australian Cumacea. No. 7 The genus Cyclaspis. Records of the South Australian Museum 8: 63-142 [88] (description of adult male, swarming behaviour)