Species Eoleptestheria ticinensis (Balsamo-Crivelli, 1859)

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• Isaura ticinensis Balsamo-Crivelli, G. 1859. Di un nuovo crostaceo della famiglia dei Branchiopodi fillopodi riscontrato nella provincia di Pavia, e considerazioni sovra i generi affini. Memorie del (I.R). Istituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 7: 113-120 [115, tab. 1].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown number of specimens not specified, Valle Salimbeni rice-field, Comune di San Leonardo, Pavia, Lombardy, Italy.
• Eoleptestheria inopinata Daday, E. 1923. Monographe systématique des Phyllopodes Conchostracés Deuxième partie. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 10 6: 255-390 [261-3, fig. 81 a-i].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown male, Romania, Camana.
• Eoleptestheria chinensis Daday, E. 1923. Monographe systématique des Phyllopodes Conchostracés Deuxième partie. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 10 6: 255-390 [269, fig. 83 a-q].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BSM number of specimens not specified, China; ZIL number of specimens not specified, NE China, "Manchuria" as "Mandsuria, Inkon".
• Eoleptestheria variabilis Botnariuc, N. 1947. Contribution a la connaissance des Phyllopodes Conchostracés de Roumanie. Notationes Biologicae. Bucuresti 5: 68-158 [82, pls 1, 2, 4, 5, figs 2, 3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) numbers of specimens not specified, close to Iassy, near Bucarest, and at Comana, Department of Vlasca, Romania.
• Eoleptestheria spinosa Marinček, M. 1978. Eoleptestheria spinosa, a new species of Conchostraca (Phyllopoda) discovered in Yugoslavia. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Belgrade B 33: 103-117 [103-118].
• Eoleptestheria spinosa tenuis Marinček, M. & Valvajter, B. 1979. Eoleptestheria spinosa tenuis, a new subspecies of Conchostraca (Phyllopoda) found in Yugoslavia. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Belgrade B 34: 155-167 [155-167].
• Eoleptestheria spinosa magna Marinček, M. & Valvajter, B. 1982. Eoleptestheria spinosa magna, a new subspecies of Conchostraca (Phyllopoda) found in Yugoslavia. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Belgrade B 37: 63-72 [63-72].
• Eoleptestheria spinosa mira Marinček, M. & Petrov, B. 1983. Eoleptestheria spinosa mira, a new subspecies of Conchostraca (Phyllopoda). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Belgrade B 38: 89-103 [89-103].
• Eoleptestheria dongpingensis Hu, W. 1987. A new species of the genus Eoleptestheria Daday (Crustacea: Conchostraca) from Shandong, China [in Chinese]. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 18: 341-347 [341-347, figs 1-15].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) OUC DP-8305311 6 males (as "holotypes"), China, Shandong Province, fry-rearing pond near Dongping Lake; OUC DP-8305312 5 females (as "paratypes"), with other syntypes
  Comment: deposited in "Department of Fisheries, Shandong, College of Oceanology", now OUC.
• Eoleptestheria yanchowensis Shu, Y.F., Han, M.S. & Liu, Z.S. 1990. A new species of the genus Eoleptestheria from Shandong, China [in Chinese]. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 15: 410-416 [410-416, figs 1-21, table 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUC Yc8706121 male, China, Shandong, Yanchow.
  Paratype(s) OUC Yc8706122 female (allotype), collected with holotype; OUC Yc870613 4 males, 4 females, collected with holotype; OUC not registered 2 males, 3 females, same locality, earlier date
  Comment: deposited in "Department of Hydrobiology, Shandong Fishery School", now OUC.
• Eoleptestheria sangziensis Zhang, W.T. & Hu, W. 1992. A new species of the genus Eoleptestheria (Crustacea: Conchostraca, Lepthestheriidae). Journal of the Ocean University of Qingdao 22: 65-72.

  Type data:

   Holotype OUC SZ-8907161 male (Translated by Wenliang Liu, 22 Jul 2010 at request of Gary C. B. Poore), China, Shandong Province, Sangzi town, fry-rearing pond.
  Paratype(s) OUC SZ-8907162 female, collected with holotype; SZ-8907163 3 females, collected with holotype
  Comment: Deposited at "Fisheries School, Ocean Univerity of Qingdao, China", now OUC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Timms, B.V. 2009. First records of a leptestherid clam shrimp in Australia (Crustacea, Spinicaudata, Leptestheriidae, Eoleptestheria). In: Bruce N (Ed) Advances in the taxonomy and biogeography of Crustacea in the Southern Hemisphere. ZooKeys 18: 1-16 [2-3]

 

Generic Combinations

• Eoleptestheria ticinensis (Balsamo-Crivelli, 1859).

 

Introduction

According to Timms (2018) the Australian species is morphologically indistinguishable from the widespread European species, Eoleptestheria ticinensis but DNA analysis when done may prove otherwise

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rare and occasional in Australia, possible introduction by migrating birds

Introduced from China (possible).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, WA: Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Timms, B.V. 2018. Keys to the Australian clam shrimps (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata, Cyclestherida). Museum Victoria Science Report 20: 1-25 [available online at https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/museum-victoria-science-reports/] [9]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Sep-2018	SPINICAUDATA Linder, 1945	29-Aug-2018	MODIFIED
09-Aug-2012		09-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		20-May-2010	ADDED