Species Bathynomus kapala Griffin, 1975
- Bathynomus kapala Griffin, D.J.G. 1975. A new giant deepwater isopod of the genus Bathynomus (Flabellifera: Cirolanidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 100: 103-109 [104].
Type data:
Holotype AM P17947, off Wollongong, 351 m, NSW.
Paratype(s) AM P17946, P17948, P17949, P17951–54, P18010; AM P18086, P19389, P10390.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Bathynomus affinis Richardson, 1910 [misidentification, see Lowry & Dempsey (2006)]. —
Hale, H.M. 1940. Report on the cymothoid Isopoda obtained by F.I.S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 64: 288-304 [292] (misidentification of B. kapala Griffin, 1975)
Distribution
States
New South Wales
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northeast Province (18), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope, marine.
General References
Bruce, N.L. 1986. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 6: 1-239 (descriptive notes)
Lowry, J.K. & Dempsey, K. 2006. The giant deep-sea scavenger genus Bathynomus (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. In, Richer de Forges, B. & Justine, J.-L. (eds). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Vol. 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 193: 162-192 (redescription, distibution)
History of changes
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