Species Gephyrocuma pala Hale, 1936
- Gephyrocuma pala Hale, H.M. 1936. Cumacea from a South Australian reef. Records of the South Australian Museum 5: 404-438 [412, figs 5, 6].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA C2000 ♀ subadult, Sellicks Beach, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
Paratype(s) SAMA C2001, Spencer Gulf, SA; SAMA C2005, Spencer Gulf, SA.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, littoral, marine, mud bottom, sand bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
To 31 m depth.
General References
Dexter, D.M. 1983. Community structure of intertidal sandy beaches in New South Wales, Australia. pp. 461-472 in McLachlan, A. & Erasmus, T. (eds). Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems. The Hague : W. Junk
Hale, H.M. 1943. Notes on two sand-dwelling Cumacea (Gephyrocuma and Picrocuma). Records of the South Australian Museum 7: 337-342 (behaviour)
Hale, H.M. 1944. Australian Cumacea. No. 8 The family Bodotriidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63: 225-285 [250] (description of adults)