Species Murramia bicincta (Harris, 1994)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murramia bicincta Harris, V.A. 1994. New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from Kioloa, New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 303-340 [318].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P42309 ♀ (washed from Cystophora sp. taken from the north side of O'Hara Head, Kioloa; coll. 19 Jan. 1977, V.A.P. Harris), Kioloa, New South Wales [35°30'S 150°22'E].
  Paratype(s) AM P42310 1♂ (washed from Cystophora sp. taken from the north side of O'Hara Head, Kioloa; coll. 19 Jan. 1977, V.A.P. Harris), Kioloa, New South Wales [35°30'S 150°22'E]; AM P42311 2♀ 2♂ (washed from Cystophora sp. taken from the north side of O'Hara Head, Kioloa; coll. 19 Jan. 1977, V.A.P. Harris), Kioloa, New South Wales [35°30'S 150°22'E]; BMNH 1992.523-527 3♀ 2♂ (washed from Cystophora sp. taken from the north side of O'Hara Head, Kioloa; coll. 19 Jan. 1977, V.A.P. Harris), Kioloa, New South Wales [35°30'S 150°22'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Porcellidium bicincta (Harris, 1994).
• Murramia bicincta Harris, 1994.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Found living on Cystophora moniliformis and C. platylobium in the infralittoral fringe.

 

ID Keys

see Walker-Smith (2001).

 

Diagnosis References

Harris, V.A. 1994. New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from Kioloa, New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 303-340 [318]

 

General References

Harris, V.A. 1994. New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from Kioloa, New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 303-340 [318] (diagnosis)

Harris, V.A. 2014. Porcellidiidae of Australia (Harpacticoida, Copepoda). III. Synopsis of genera and species. Records of the Australian Museum 66(2): 167–196 [Date published 2 April 2014]

Walker-Smith, G.K. 2001. Porcellidium poorei, a new species of Porcellidiidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from seagrass in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, and a review of the family. Journal of Crustacean Biology 21: 653-664 (key)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Jun-2014	PORCELLIDIIDAE Boeck, 1865	17-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	ABRS
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED