• Maraura Sinev, A.Y. & Shiel, R.J. 2008. Redescription of Alona macracantha Smirnov and Timms, 1983 and its assignment to Maraura gen. nov. (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Chydoridae). Journal of Natural History 45-46: 2809-2824 [2810].

  Type species:

   Alona macracantha Smirnov & Timms, 1983 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin

History of changes

• Alona macracantha Smirnov, N.N. & Timms, B.V. 1983. Revision of the Australian Cladocera (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 1: 1-132 [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P31298 ♀, L. Menindee, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) ZMMU 3095 ♀.

Generic Combinations

• Maraura macracantha (Smirnov & Timms, 1983). —
  Sinev, A.Y. & Shiel, R.J. 2008. Redescription of Alona macracantha Smirnov and Timms, 1983 and its assignment to Maraura gen. nov. (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Chydoridae). Journal of Natural History 45-46: 2809-2824

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Lower Murray-Darling System

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP)

History of changes