Genus Tanystylum Miers, 1879
- Tanystylum Miers, E.J. 1879. Crustacea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 168: 200-214 [213].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), 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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Kenya
Antarctic Region
- Subantarctic Islands
- Bouvet Island
- Kerguélen Island
- Marion & Prince Edward Island
- South Georgia
- Tristan da Cunha
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
- South Australia: Great Australian Bight
- Western Australia: Central W coast
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
Nearctic Region
- United States of America
- California
- Massachusetts
Neotropical Region
- Argentina
- Tierra del Fuego
- Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro
- Chile
- Falkland Islands
- Galapagos Islands
Palaearctic Region
- Italy
Diagnosis
Trunk circular, lateral processes closely crowded, often with low tubercles; abdomen and ocular tubercle very short; proboscis ovoid, barrel-shaped, tapering, straight or down-curved; chelifores 1-segmented, without chelae; palps 4-7 segmented; ovigers 10-segmented, larger in male, without strigilis, no terminal claw; legs with dorsal swellings, setose, tarsus short, propodus large, curved, with large heel spines and large auxiliary claws. Cement gland a dorsodistal pore or tiny tube.
