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Species Sympodomma whitleyi Hale, 1949

  • Sympodomma whitleyi Hale, H.M. 1949. Australian Cumacea. No. 15 The family Bodotriidae (cont.). Records of the South Australian Museum 9: 107-125 [120, figs 7, 8].
    Type data:
     Holotype SAMA C3085 adult, Monkeymia, Shark Bay, WA.
    Paratype(s) SAMA C3086 1, Monkeymia, Shark Bay, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

From sand and weed, attracted to underwater light, 4 m depth.