Species Natatolana arcicauda (Holdich, Harrison & Bruce, 1981)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cirolana arcicauda Holdich, D.M., Harrison, K. & Bruce, N.L. 1981. Cirolanid isopod crustaceans from the Townsville region of Queensland, Australia, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Natural History 15: 555-605 [563].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM W6335 ♀, Cleveland Bay, QLD.
  Paratype(s) QM W6336.
• Natatolana lurur Bruce, N.L. 1986. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 6: 1-239 [89].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 46-80 ♀, NW of Bluff Point, Geraldton, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Keable, S.J. 1996. Revision of the taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of Natatolana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae). PhD Dissertation. Macquarie University. 751 pp.
• Keable, S.J. 2006. Taxonomic revision of Natatolana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae). Records of the Australian Museum 58: 133-244

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast
  • Queensland
  • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, scavenger, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom.

 

General References

Bruce, N.L. 1986. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 6: 1-239 (distribution, synonymy)

Keable, S.J. 2006. Taxonomic revision of Natatolana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae). Records of the Australian Museum 58: 133-244 (diagnosis, distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772	11-Feb-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Gary Poore
05-Aug-2022		05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		06-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED