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Species Vaunthompsonia nana Hale, 1944

  • Vaunthompsonia nana Hale, H.M. 1944. Australian Cumacea. No. 8 The family Bodotriidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63: 225-285 [266, figs 28, 29].
    Type data:
     Holotype SAMA C2444 adult, Rapid Bay, SA.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Attracted to underwater light.

 

General References

Hale, H.M. 1949. Australian Cumacea. No. 15 The family Bodotriidae (cont.). Records of the South Australian Museum 9: 107-125 [118] (taxonomy)