Species Heterias petrensis Roberts, 1975

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• Heterias petrensis Roberts, P.C. 1975. Heterias petrensis, a new species of freshwater isopod from Tasmania (Family Janiridae, Tribe Asellota). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 109: 21-31 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P20097 ♂, Lake Crescent, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P20098 1♀ specimen (as allotype); TMH G1572–74; AM P20099–101.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, cave dweller, lentic freshwater.

 

General References

Eberhard, S., Richardson, A.M.M. & Swain, R. 1991. The Invertebrate Cave Fauna of Tasmania. Hobart : Zoology Department, University of Tasmania 174 pp. (cave record)

Williams, W.D. 1980. Australian Freshwater Life. Melbourne : Macmillan xi 321 pp. (taxonomy, ecology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022		05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		05-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED