Genus Gladioferens Henry, 1919
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Diagnosis
This genus is allied to Boeckella De Guerne & Richard, with which it agrees in the structure of the oral parts, the nataory legs and the fifth pair of legs in the female. It differs, however, in the number of abdominal segments in the female; the lenth of the caudal rami; the presence of a long spine on the basal segment of the fourth leg in the female and the structure of the last pair of legs in the male.
General References
Bayly, I.A.E. 1963. A revision of the coastal water genus Gladioferens (Copepoda: Calanoida). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 14: 194-217 [196-197] (Key to the species of this genus)
Bayly, I.A.E. & Arnott, G.H. 1969. A new centropagid genus (Copepoda: Calanoida) from Australian estuarine waters. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 20: 189-198 [194] (Key to the Australian Centropagid genera)
Henry, M. 1919. On some Australian freshwater Copepoda and Ostracoda. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 53: 29-48 [31]
Nicholls, A.G. 1944. Littoral Copepoda from South Australia (II) Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Notodelphyoida, Monstrilloida and Caligoida. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8(1): 1-62 [3] (Key to males)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |