Species Onychocamptus bengalensis (Sewell, 1934)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Laophonte bengalensis Sewell, R.B.S. 1934. A study of the fauna of the Salt Lakes, Calcutta. Records of the Indian Museum 36: 45-121.

  Secondary source:

   Hamond, R. 1973. The harpacticoid copepods (Crustacea) of the saline lakes in southeast Australia, with special reference to the Laophontidae. Records of the Australian Museum 28: 393-420 [406].

 

Introduction

New record from South Australia from "an EPA-collected sample, DEWNR CLLAMM project, plankton tow by boat at the confluence of the Finniss R and the Goolwa Channel 22 Nov. 2013", R. Shiel, pers. comm. March 2014.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

India, Calcutta; NSW, Narrabeen, Manly and Dee Why (Sydney); SA, Robe and Beachport.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sydney Basin (SB)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Brackish water, marine.

 

Diagnosis

One highly diagnostic character: P5 (female) baseoendopod and exopod fused. Unknown in any other laophontid.

 

General References

Hamond, R. 1973. The harpacticoid copepods (Crustacea) of the saline lakes in southeast Australia, with special reference to the Laophontidae. Records of the Australian Museum 28: 393-420 [406-413]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jul-2012		18-Mar-2014	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED