Species Australocyclops similis Morton, 1985

Museums

Regional Maps

• Australocyclops similis 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 [630] [male only].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV MVM J7438 ♀ (temporary roadside pools, Fernbank. Samples from Botanical Gardens Annexe, Cranbourne. Specimines stored at the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne), Fernbank, Victoria [37°52'15"S 147°19'30"E].
  Paratype(s) NMV MVM J7439 6♀ (temporary roadside pools, Fernbank. Samples from Botanical Gardens Annexe, Cranbourne. Specimins stored at the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne), Fernbank, Victoria [37°52'15"S 147°19'30"E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), 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), 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), 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), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, limnetic, temporary pool.

 

ID Keys

Key to species of this 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 [630]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jul-2012		08-Oct-2015	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED