Icilius punctatus Haswell 1879
Creators: name: Watson, M. J.
name: Lowry, J. K.
name: Steinberg, P. D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Iciliidae
Icilius
Icilius punctatus

description: Icilius punctatus Haswell, 1879   
(Figs. 16-18)  
 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.
description: Published as part of Watson, M. J., Lowry, J. K. & Steinberg, P. D., 2004, Revision Of The Iciliidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda), pp. 467-495 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2) on page 490, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244245