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Species Koonunga cursor Sayce, 1907

Koonunga cursor Sayce, O.A. 1907. Description of a new remarkable crustacean with primitive malacastrocan characters. Victorian Naturalist 24: 117-120 [120].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV J1046, "small freshwater reedy pools beside a tiny little runnel which joins the Mullum Mullum Creek, Ringwood, near Melbourne", VIC.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Northwestern TAS only.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic: King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Creeks, small pools in small runnels.

General References

Calman, W.T. 1908. Notes on some characters of Koonunga and Anaspides. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 11: 15-16 (anatomy)

De Dekker, P. 1980. New records of Koonunga cursor Sayce, 1908 (Syncarida, Anaspidacea). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104: 21-25 (distribution)

Drummond, F. 1959. The syncarid Crustacea, a living link with remote geological ages. Australian Museum Magazine 13: 63-64 (relationships with fossils)

Leijs, R., Bradford, T., Mitchell, J.G., Humphreys, W.F., Cooper, J.B., Goonan, P. & King, R.A. 2015. The evolution of epigean and stygobitic species of Koonunga Sayce, 1907 (Syncarida: Anaspidacea) in southern Australia, with the description of three new species. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 10(8): 1-35 [19]

Sayce, O.A. 1908. On Koonunga cursor, a remarkable new type of malacostracous crustacean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 11: 1-15 (redescription)

Smith, G.W. 1909. On the Anaspidacea, living and fossil. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 53: 489-578 (morphology)

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)
03-Dec-2015	Koonunga Sayce, 1907	02-Dec-2015	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
12-May-2011		12-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)