Species Calamoecia clitellata Bayly, 1962
- Calamoecia clitellata Bayly, I.A.E. 1962. Additions to the inland water genus Calamoecia (Copepoda: Calanoida). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 13(3): 252-264 [260].
Type data:
Holotype AM Nos. P13741-50. ♂ (small lake near Centre Lake near Douglas), Victoria.
Paratype(s) AM Nos. P13741-50. 4♂ 5♀ (small lake near Centre Lake near Douglas), Victoria.
Distribution
States
Victoria
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: aquatic, brackish water, limnetic.
Diagnosis
Not only are there several points of structural similarity between this species and C. salina, but the two species are also ecologically similar in that they inhabit saline lakes.
General References
Bayly, I.A.E. 1961. A revision of the inland water genus Calamoecia (Copepoda: Calanoida). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 12(1): 54-91 [59] (Key to the species of Calamoecia)
History of changes
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