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Species Gabbia fontana Ponder, 2003

  • Type data:
     Holotype AM C.417672, Big Stream, ca 3 km SE of Edgbaston Homestead, ca 31 km NE of Aramac, Queensland [22°45.083'S 145°25.600'E].
    Paratype(s) AM C.307903 (592 wet, 36 dry, 9 on SEM stubs), spring on Doongmabulla Stn, ca 7 km S of Carmichael Ck, ca 50 km SW Beylando Crossing, Queensland; AM C.307904 (5 specimens), spring on Doongmabulla Stn, ca 7 km S of Carmichael Ck, ca 50 km SW Beylando Crossing, Queensland; AM C.307905 (7 specimens), spring on Doongmabulla Stn, ca 7 km S of Carmichael Ck, ca 50 km SW Beylando Crossing, Queensland; QM MO71713 (8 specimens), spring on Doongmabulla Stn, ca 7 km S of Carmichael Ck, ca 50 km SW Beylando Crossing, Queensland; AM C.417918 (12 specimens), spring on Doongmabulla Stn, ca 7 km S of Carmichael Ck, ca 50 km SW Beylando Crossing, Queensland; AM C.401245 (17 wet), spring on Doongmabulla Stn, ca 7 km S of Carmichael Ck, ca 50 km SW Beylando Crossing, Queensland.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Desert Uplands (DEU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, spring.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow water on edges of outflows or along the damp edges of artesian springs.

 

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)
01-Jun-2021 RISSOOIDEA 09-Feb-2012 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
12-Feb-2010 (import)