Subspecies Lepidurus apus viridus Baird, 1850

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Subspecies Lepidurus apus viridus Baird, 1850

Lepidurus viridus Baird, W. 1850. Descriptions of several new species of Entomostraca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850: 254-257 [254].
Type data:
Syntype(s) (BMNH has two specimens labelled L. viridus from Van Diemans Land; they are not registered nor is there any indication they are types), Tasmania (Van Dieman's Land).
Lepidurus angasi Baird, W. 1866. Descriptions of two new species of phyllopodous crustaceans. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 122-123 [122].
Type data:
Status unknown, (BMNH has a specimen registered as 1866.1.16.1, but there is no indication it is a type), Gawler plains, north of Adelaide, SA.
Lepidurus viridulus Tate, R. 1879. Description of a new species of phyllopodous Crustacean. Transactions and Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of South Australia 1878-9: 136.
Type data:
Status unknown, near Aledaide, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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)

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

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic feeder, omnivore.

General References

Longhurst, A. 1955. A review of the Notostraca. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 3: 1- 57

Williams, W.D. 1968. The distribution of Triops and Lepidurus (Branchiopoda) in Australia. Crustaceana 14: 119-126 (distribution)

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

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
09-Aug-2012	15-Jul-2014	MODIFIED
18-Aug-2010	18-Aug-2010	MODIFIED
	14-May-2010	MODIFIED

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