australis, Balistes Donovan [E.] 1824:no page, Pl. LXXVI [The naturalist's repository v. 3 [for 1825]; ref. 17409] Tasmania, Australia. No types known. •Valid as Meuschenia australis (Donovan 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Kuiter 1993:403 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:880 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:396 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2008:833 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576]). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia australis (Donovan 1824). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Southeastern Australia: Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Habitat: marine.