Genus Acutiramus Harris & Robertson, 1994

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• Acutiramus Harris, V.A. & Robertson, H.M. 1994. New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from the southern coast of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 257-301 [288] [previously considered to be a junior subjective synonym of Porcellidium Claus, 1860 by Walker-Smith (2001), but considered a genus in its own right by Harris (2014a: 65, 2014b: 138, 2014c: 186)].

  Type species:

   Acutiramus rufolineatus Harris & Robertson, 1994 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Harris, V.A. 2014a. Porcellidiidae of Australia (Harpacticoida, Copepoda). I. A Reassessment of the European Species of Porcellidium. Records of the Australian Museum 66(2): 63–110

Harris, V.A. 2014b. Porcellidiidae of Australia (Harpacticoida, Copepoda). II. The importance of the male antennule in taxonomy. Records of the Australian Museum 66(2): 111–166

Harris, V.A. 2014c. Porcellidiidae of Australia (Harpacticoida, Copepoda). III. Synopsis of genera and species. Records of the Australian Museum 66(2): 167–196 [Date published 2 April 2014]

Walker-Smith, G.K. 2001. Porcellidium poorei, a new species of Porcellidiidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from seagrass in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, and a review of the family. Journal of Crustacean Biology 21: 653-664

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