Genus Eulimnadia Packard, 1874

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• Eulimnadia Packard, 1874. Synopsis of the fresh-water phyllopod Crustacea of North America. Annual Report U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey Territory for 1873. 613-622 pp. [618] [as subgenus of Limnadia].

  Type species:

   Limnadia (Eulimnadia) agassizi Packard, 1874 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Five new species of Eulimnadia have been proposed for Western Australia (Richardson, 1929), with unpublshed molecular work suggesting that many more species are distributed in Australia.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; NSW: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP) ; NSW, Qld: Mulga Lands (ML), New England Tablelands (NET) ; NT, SA, Vic, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB) ; NT, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Desert Uplands (DEU) ; WA: Pilbara (PIL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • South Australia: W plateau
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

General References

Belk, D. 1989. Identification of species in the conchostracan genus Eulimnadia by egg shell morphology. Journal of Crustacean Biology 9: 115-125 [115-116]

Daday, E. 1926. Monographie systématique des Phyllopodes Conchostracés. Troisième partie (suite). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 10 9: 1-81 (505-585) [1]

Richardson, K.C. 1929. A revision of the Conchostraca of Western Australia with remarks on their relationships with other forms. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Western Australia.

Sars, G.O. 1895. Descriptions of some Australian Phyllopoda. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab, Kristiania 17(2): 1-51, pl. 1-8 [14]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Aug-2012		09-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
18-Aug-2010		18-Aug-2010	MODIFIED
		14-May-2010	MODIFIED