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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Amphipoda (order) » Dexaminidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 28 517027 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Polycheria antarctica (Stebbing, 1875) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species was originally described from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and the name has been used as a "catch-all" for members of this genus from the Australian-New Zealand-Antarctic region. It is highly likely that records of this species from Australia and New Zealand actually refer to as-yet unrecognised distinct species in the genus. | ||||
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Record source: | Lowry, J.K., Stoddart, H.E., 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 19.2B: 1-531. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 531pp. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Peart, R.A., Spong, K., Sutherland, J., Kelly, M., 2019. A new species of sponge-dwelling amphipod, Polycheria spongoteras sp. nov., from Spirits Bay, Northland, New Zealand., Zootaxa, Vol. 4674(1): 127-141. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.7 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.7 |