Genus Australocyclops Morton, 1985
- Australocyclops Morton, D.W. 1985. Revision of the Australian Cyclopidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). I. Acanthocyclops Kiefer, Diacyclops Kiefer and Australocyclops, gen. nov. Marine and Freshwater Research 36(4): 615-634 [625].
Type species:
Cyclops australis Sars, 1896 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), 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), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
Diagnosis
1st urosomal somite unornamented, not laterally produced but produced ventrolaterally on each side (= remnant of primitive basal segment of P5) and bearing seta laterally. 4 terminal caudal setae bear long, fine setules along entire, or almost entire, lengths. A1 of female 12-segmented. P1 with both rami 2-segmented; those of P2-4 3-segmented. Medial lobe of basis of P1 bearing strong seta; those of P2-4 bearing small pointed spur at, or slightly abaxial from, corner. P4Rel without inner seta; P4Ri3 with 2 terminal spines. Spine formula 333; armature of swimming legs as follows: P1: 1.53, 1.511. P2: 1.1.43, 1.1.411. P3: 1.1.43, 1.1.411. P4: 0.1.43, 1.1.221. P5 1-segmented, situated on ventrolateral expansion of 1st urosomal somite, tapering distally and bearing long, apical seta and, usually, non-articulated spinule (may be greatly reduced) on inner margin.
ID Keys
Key to the species of genus: Morton 1985: 626.
Diagnosis References
Morton, D.W. 1985. Revision of the Australian Cyclopidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). I. Acanthocyclops Kiefer, Diacyclops Kiefer and Australocyclops, gen. nov. Marine and Freshwater Research 36(4): 615-634 [625]
History of changes
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26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |