Genus Bradypontius Giesbrecht, 1895
Distribution
States
South Australia
IBRA
SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- South Australia
Palaearctic Region
- France
Diagnosis
Thoracic segments produced laterally into processes, which are directed backwards and conspicuous in dorsal view. Rostrum short . Anterior part of genital segment of (female) broader than posterior. Anterior antennae of (female) 8- to 10-, of (male) (chelifer) 11-jointed. Posterior antennae 4-jointed. Tube of siphon reaches behind the foot-jaws of to the middle of abdomen. Inner branch of fourth foot 3-jointed, almost destitute of setae; last joint of outer branch of first foot with five, second joint of inner branch with two plumose setae. Fifth foot knob-like.
Diagnosis References
Giesbrecht, W. 1895. The subfamilies, genera, and species of the copepod family Ascomyzontiddae, Thorell: diagnosis, synonymy and distribution. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16(6): 173-186 [182]
History of changes
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26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |