Icilius punctatus Haswell, 1879

Watson, M. J., Lowry, J. K. & Steinberg, P. D., 2004, Revision Of The Iciliidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 467-495 : 490

Icilius punctatus Haswell, 1879

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Icilius punctatus Haswell, 1879: 343 Pl. 23, fig 1; Stebbing, 1910: 625, Pl. 109b. Barnard, 1969: 427, figs 155e, 156j (after Stebbing, 1910).

Icilius ovalis - Della Valle, 1893: 345 (part); Stebbing, 1906: 707 (part).

Icilius australis - Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 658, fig. 119h (after Stebbing, 1910).

Type material. – Syntypes (probable). Whereabouts unknown (Springthorpe & Lowry, 1994).

Material examined. – New South Wales: 5 ex., AM P22442 ; 1 ex., AM P22443 ; 2 ex., AM P22444 , east of Long Reef , 33º44’S 151º21’E, 23 m, AMBS, 24 Apr.1972 . 1 ex., AM P22445 , east of North Head, Port Jackson , 33º49’S 151º20’E, 21 m, Australian Museum Shelf Benthic Survey, 20 Feb.1973 . 1 ex., AM P2543 , 8- 9.5km off Coogee , 33º57’S 151º21.5’E, fine sand, 91 m, coll. E. R. Waite on HMCS Thetis , 15 Mar.1898 . 3 ex., AM P49054 , Weeney Bay, Botany Bay , 34º01.3’S 151º09.7’E, mud, 1 m, coll. A. Roach & A. Jones, 30 Mar.1995 . 2 ex., AM P2544 , 1.5 km off Botany Bay , 34º02.5’S 151º12’E, sand to rock, 42 m, coll. E. R. Waite on HMCS Thetis , 11 Mar.1898 . 1 ex., AM P54196 , east of Providential Head, Wattamolla , 34º08’S 151º08.5’E, 50 m, coll. The Ecology Lab, 29 Oct.1990 . 1 ex., AM P54197 , Bass Point , 34º36’S 150º54’E, 50 m, coll. The Ecology Lab, 3 Jan.1991 . 1 ex., AM P42231 ; 1 ex., AM P54135 ; 1 ex., AM P54136 ; 3 ex., AM P54137 ; 1 ex., AM P54138 ; 3 ex., AM P54139 ; 2 ex., AM P54140 ; many ex., AM P54202 , east of Snapper Point, near Kiola , 35º34.5’S 150º22’E, on the gorgonacean, Mopsella sp. , 20 m, coll. J. K. Lowry & R. T. Springthorpe, 26 Apr.1981 . 1 ex., AM P 52775, 500 m south of Tathra Head , 36º43.73’S 149º49.76’E, on the gorgonacean, Mopsella sp. on top of rock, 13 m, coll. P.B. Berents, 16 May.1995 , NSW 1075. 17 ex., AM P52777 , 1.5 km south of Tathra Head , 36º43.99’S 149º59.29’E, on a gorgonacean similar to Mopsella sp. from side of boulder, 14 m, coll. P.B. Berents, 17 May.1995 . Victoria: 3 ex., NMV J44935 , 57 km south of Rodondo Island, Central Bass Strait , 39º43.5’S, 146º18.8’E, 80 m, coll. R. S. Wilson on RV Tangaroa , 13 Nov.1981 . More than 10 ex., NMV J44939 , 6 km south of Cape Schanck, Central Bass Strait , 38º33.6’S, 144º54.3’E, 55 m, coll. R. S. Wilson on RV Tangaroa , 12 Nov.1981 . Tasmania: 7 ex., NMV J44945 , 37 km north northeast of Eddystone Point, Eastern Bass Strait , 40º43.8’S, 148º37.2’E, 67 m coll. R. S. Wilson on RV Tangaroa , 14 Nov.1981 . 1 ex., NMV J44938 , 15 km east of Cape Connella, Southern Ocean , 43º24.6’S, 147º32.5’E, 82 m, WHOI epibenthic sled, coll. R. S. Wilson on RV Soela, 22 Oct.1984 . 2 ex., NMV J44933 , 70 km west of Cape Farewell, King Island, Western Bass Strait , 39º38.2’S, 143º07.2’E, 127 m, coll. R. S. Wilson on RV Tangaroa , 21 Nov.1981 .

Type locality. – Port Jackson , New South Wales, Australia .