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Species Cyclaspis spilotes Hale, 1928

  • Cyclaspis spilotes Hale, H.M. 1928. Australian Cumacea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 52: 31-48 [36, figs 5, 6].
    Type data:
     Holotype SAMA C1753 , 5 miles off Semaphore, Gulf St Vincent, SA.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

From sand, to 9 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 [19] (description of female)