Species Amphisopus lintoni (Nicholls, 1924)
- Phreatoicus lintoni Nicholls, G.E. 1924. Phreatoicus lintoni, a new species of freshwater isopod from south-western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 10: 91-104 [93].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (specimens presumed lost; Jones (1986) states that the Western Australian Museum holds syntypes (WAM 218-74); these slides carry labels showing the date of collection as August and September, 1924. As the description of Phreatoicus lintoni was published in May 1924, these cannot be types), small creek opening into the King River, a distance of twenty miles or less, north-east from Albany, WA.
Generic Combinations
- Amphisopus lintoni (Nicholls, 1924). —
Nicholls, G.E. 1943. The Phreatoicoidea. Part I. The Amphisopidae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1942: 1-145 [75]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Albany, Western Australia.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Lotic freshwater, swamp.
Extra Ecological Information
Among roots of green water plants.
General References
Jones, D.S. 1986. A catalogue of type specimens of Crustacea in the Western Australian Museum, Perth. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 1-46
Nicholls, G.E. 1943. The Phreatoicoidea. Part I. The Amphisopidae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1942: 1-145 (redescription, ecology)
History of changes
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