Species Centropages brevicaudatus Brady, 1875

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Species Centropages brevicaudatus Brady, 1875

Centopages brevicaudatus Brady, G.S. 1875. Note on Entomostraca from Kerguelen's Land and the South Indian Ocean. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16 4: 162 [162].
Type data:
Holotype unknown number of ♀ (specimins found in a open-sea towing net), South Indian Ocean [33°13'S 37°37'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, marine.

Diagnosis

Length 1/10 of an inch. Upper antennae equal in length to the first two cephalothoracic segments, 25-joined, shortly setose, and tapering slightly to the distal extremity. Swimming-feet having both branches 3-jointed, inner branch short; first pair much shorter than the three following; outer branch of the fifth pair having its second joint produced internally into a strong denticulated spine; marginal setae of both branches extremely short. Abdomen short; caudal setae short, plumose, subequal, length equal to half that of the abdomen.

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		16-Feb-2017	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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