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Australian Faunal Directory

Species Leptocuma pulleini Hale, 1928

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Species Leptocuma pulleini Hale, 1928

  • Leptocuma pulleini Hale, H.M. 1928. Australian Cumacea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 52: 31-48 [38, figs 7, 8].
    Type data:
     Holotype SAMA C1745 ♀ ovigerous, Encounter Bay, SA.
    Paratype(s) SAMA C1746 ♂ ♀, Encounter Bay, SA.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Sand bottom, continental shelf, attracted to underwater light, 2.5–26 m depth.

 

General References

Hale, H.M. 1944. Australian Cumacea. No. 8 The family Bodotriidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63: 225-285 [253] (description of adult male)