Species Ectocyclops rubescens Brady, 1904

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• Ectocyclops rubescens Brady, G.S. 1904. On Entomostraca collected in Natal by Mr. James Gibson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1904(2): 121-128 [124].

  Type data:

   Holotype unknown (animals taken from pools in Greytown, Natal; storage of type animals not identified by author), Natal, England.
• Ectocyclops medius Kiefer, F. 1930. Beiträge zur Copepodenkunde (XV). Zoologischer Anzeiger 87: 315-18 [318].

Generic Combinations

• Platycyclops rubescens (Brady, 1904). —
  Lowndes, A.G. 1930. Freshwater Copepoda from Abyssinia collected by Mr. J. Omer Cooper. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 100: 161-179, pls 1-4 [173-174]
• Ectocyclops rubescens Brady, 1904. —
  Kiefer, F. 1939. Crustacea. IV. Copepoda: Diaptomidae, Cyclopidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo, 5(56). Mémoires du Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] n. ser. 9: 319-378, figs 1-121 [Date published 1-vi-1939] [356-357]
  Kiefer, F. 1952. Copepoda Calanoida und Cyclopoida. Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission H. Damas (1935-1936), Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge 21: 1-136, figs 1-192, A-H, tabs 1-21 [97]
  Kiefer, F. 1957. Eine kleine Crustaceenausbeute aus dem Tumbasee (Belgisch-Kongo). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 56: 92-100, figs 1-25 [Date published 12-x-1957] [97]
  Herbst, H.V. 1962. Crustacea aus dem Amazonasgebiet, gesammelt von Professor Dr. H. Sioli und Dr. R. Braun. 1. Litorale und substratgebundene Cyclopoida Gnathostoma (Copepoda). Crustaceana 3(4): 259-278, figs 1-58 [Date published 15-iii-1962] [268-269]
  Einsle, U. 1971. Copépodes libres. Résultats Scientifiques de l'Exploration Hydrobiologique du Bassin du Lac Bangweolo et du Luapula 13(1): 1-74, figs 1-28, tabs. 1-7, map 1 [46]
  Lim, R.P. & Fernando, C.H. 1985. A review of the Malaysian freshwater Copepoda with notes on new records and little known species. Hydrobiologia 128(1): 71-89, figs 1-63, tabs 1-6 [Date published 10-x-1985] [76]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Ectocyclops phaleratus koch, 1838. —
  Brehm, V. 1953. Contributions to the freshwater microfauna of Tasmania. 1. Copepoda. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: 33-62 [57]
• Platycyclops phaleratus Koch, 1838. —
  Henry, M. 1919. On some Australian freshwater Copepoda and Ostracoda. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 53: 29-48 [41-42]
  Henry, M. 1922. A monograph of the freshwater Entomostraca of New South Wales. Part II. Copepoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(IV): 551-570 [565]
• Cyclops phaleratus Koch, 1838. —
  Sars, G.O. 1896. On freshwater Entomostraca from the neighbourhood of Sydney, partly raised from dried mud. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab, Kristiania 18: 1-81 [76]
• Ectocyclops phaleratus medius Kiefer, 1930. —
  Fryer, G. 1955. A critical review of the genus Ectocyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London 12 8: 938-950, fig. 1 [Date published (xii-1955] [938-945]
• Ectocyclops medius Kiefer, F., 1930. —
  Kiefer, F. 1933. Die freilebenden Copepoden der Binnengewässer von Insulinde. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12(Suppl.): 519-621 [563]
  Lindberg, K. 1939. Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Inde. I. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 41: 45-56, figs 1-6 [Date published iii-1939] [51-54]
  Bayly, I.A.E. & Morton, D.W. 1978. Aspects of the zoogeography of Australian microcrustacean. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 20(4): 2537-2540, tabs 1-2 [Date published xii-1978] [2538]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders (FLI), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, temporary pool.

Diagnosis

Body depressed, rather robust (fig. 19); cephalothoracic segments not produced laterally; abdominal segments short and stout, posterior margin of the last segment pectinated, furcal segments not much longer than broad; principal tail-setse marginally aculeated, the innermost nearly equalling three-forths of the length of the body; ovisacs large and adpressed. Antenules (fig. 20) ten-jointed, much shorter than the first cephalothoracic segment, and rather densely setiferous; antennae (fig. 21) robust, anterior margin fringed towards the base with numerous short setae, penultimate joint with about six larger setae, terminal joint with several longer setae; on the posterior margin rising from the base of the second joint is a very long and stout ciliated appendage. Mandibles bearing a rudimentary palp consisting of three very small setae; maxillae (fig. 22) not much different from those of Cyclops; anterior and posterior maxillipeds (figs. 23, 24) small, stout, and indistinctly jointed, the marginal curved teeth of the anterior pair very robust; rami of the swimming-feet three-jointed (figs. 25, 26), fifth pair obsolete, represented only by three short plumose setae (fig.27). Colour of the posterior part of the body faint reddish-brown, the anterior part nearly colourless (in spirit specimens). Length 0.85mm.

Diagnosis References

Brady, G.S. 1904. On Entomostraca collected in Natal by Mr. James Gibson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1904(2): 121-128 [124]

General References

Morton, D.W. 1990. Revision of the Australian Cyclopidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). II. Eucyclops Claus and Ectocyclops Brady. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 41: 657-675 [670] (distribution and ecology information)

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