Family LOURINIIDAE Monard, 1927
Compiler and date details
31 May 2007 - G.K. Walker-Smith & K. Chilton-Lahey
- Lourinidae Monard, A. 1927. Synopsis universalis generum Harpacticoidarum. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 54: 139-176 [173].
Type genus:
Lourinia C.B. Wilson, 1924.
Introduction
Louriniidae is a monotypic family. The single species (Lourinia armata) has been collected from benthic samples and washings of seaweed in the Indo-west Pacific, the Mediterranean and off Bermuda (Boxshall & Halsey 2004). Lourinia armata has also been found in South Australia and Western Australia (Nicholls 1941, 1945).
General References
Nicholls, A.G. 1941. Littoral Copepoda from South Australia. I — Harpacticoida. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 6: 381-427
Nicholls, A.G. 1945. Marine Copepoda from Western Australia. III. Littoral harpacticoids from Port Denison. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 29: 1-16
History of changes
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