Species Limnadopsis birchii (Baird, 1860)

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Species Limnadopsis birchii (Baird, 1860)

Estheria birchii Baird, W. 1860. Description of a new Entomostracous Crustacean, belonging to the order Phyllopoda, from South Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860: 392-393, pl. 72 [392-393, pl. 72, fig. 1a-e].
Type data:
Status unknown, (Novojilov (1958) claims to have used a holotype in his redescription, but it is based on no more than Daday's (1925) description which was based on the original description by Baird (1860)), unknown; original material from western NSW.
Limnadopsis squirei Spencer, B. & Hall, T.S. 1896. Crustacea. Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. II. Zoology. London and Melbourne. [239, pl. 21, fig. 15, pl. 22, figs 16-19].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV J53349 (possible type material), Central Australia
Comment: in the original description Spencer and Hall state that there are six specimens in spirit and over a 100 dried carapaces; NMV has just four of the dried carapaces; there are also a few specimens in spirit (NMV J 54042) but these are not regarded as syntypes.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Sayce, O.A. 1903. The Phyllopoda of Australia, including descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 15: 224-261, pl. 27-36 [249] (for Limnadopsis squirei Spencer & Hall, 1896)

Generic Combinations

Limnadopsis birchii (Baird, 1860). —
Sayce, O.A. 1903. The Phyllopoda of Australia, including descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 15: 224-261, pl. 27-36 [249]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread including western NSW (Baird 1860; Timms & Richter 2002) south-western Qld (Timms & Richter 2002), northern SA (Spencer & Hall 1896), central NT (Spencer & Hall 1896), inland WA (author, unpublished).

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

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau