WoRMS taxon details
original description
Lowry, J. K.; Kilgallen, N. M. (2014). New tryphosine amphipods from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea, Lysianassidae, Tryphosinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3844(1): 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3844.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Lowry, J. K.; Kilgallen, N. M. (2014). New tryphosine amphipods from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea, Lysianassidae, Tryphosinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3844(1): 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3844.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 400–1264 m. [details]
Distribution Australia. Continental slope from Broken Bay, New South Wales, to the Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania. [details]
Etymology Named psittacus (Latin), meaning parrot, referring to the epistome and upper lip complex which resembles a parrot’s beak. [details]
Type material Holotype female, 7.5 mm, AM P.69287, east of Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia (33°31' S, 152°08’E), 914 m, 2.5 m sled dredge, 10 December 1980, R.T. Springthorpe, FRV Kapala stn K80-20-08. Paratypes: male, 6.7 mm, AM P.69288; 2 specimens, 6.4–7.6 mm, AM P.69289; 1 specimen, 6.8 mm, AM P.69291, all same collection data as holotype; 1 specimen, 7.0 mm, AM P.69290, east of Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia (33°37' S, 152°04’E), 896–923 m, dredged, 10 December 1980, R.T. Springthorpe, FRV Kapala stn K80-20-09. [details]
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