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Species Leptocuma sheardi Hale, 1936

  • Leptocuma sheardi Hale, H.M. 1936. Cumacea from a South Australian reef. Records of the South Australian Museum 5: 404-438 [409, figs 3, 4].
    Type data:
     Holotype SAMA C2015 , Sellicks Reef, Gulf St Vincent, SA.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

On stones and attracted to underwater light, surface to 13 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 [263] (description of adult male)