Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Brachiella tetrici Kabata, 1968

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Species Brachiella tetrici Kabata, 1968

 

Distribution

States

South Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic, marine.

 

Diagnosis

The diagnostic feature of B. tetrici is the morphology of the posterior margin of its trunk. No other Brachiella, or a member of a related genus, resembles the present species in this respect. Among somewhat similar species is B. exigua Brian, 1906; it differs, however, from the present species by much smaller genital and posterior processes, length of arms, and shape of trunk.
An interesting feature, which, as far as the author is aware, has not been previously recorded in the genus Brachiella, is the presence of the transverse 'weal' on the dorsal aspect of the cephalothorax.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
26-Jul-2012 26-Jul-2012 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2010 MODIFIED