Species Pomacuma australiae (Zimmer, 1921)
- Vaunthompsonia australiae 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 [4, figs 1-7].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ immature (possibly in NHRM), 42 nautical miles WSW of Cape Jaubert, WA.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
Surface to 75 m depth.
General References
Hale, H.M. 1936. Cumacea from a South Australian reef. Records of the South Australian Museum 5: 404-438 [408] (as Leptocuma australiae)
Hale, H.M. 1944. Australian Cumacea. No. 8 The family Bodotriidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63: 225-285 [244] (description of adult male and female)
Tafe, D.J. & Greenwood, J.G. 1996. The Bodotriidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 391-482 [477]