Species Murramia poorei (Walker-Smith, 2001)

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• Porcellidium poorei 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 [656].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J47078 ♀ (collected on 21 Nov. 1997 by G.K. Walker-Smith), Blairgowrie, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia [38°21'S 144°47'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J47079 1♂ (collected on 21 Nov. 1997 by G.K. Walker-Smith), Blairgowrie, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia [38°21'S 144°47'E]; NMV J47080 1♀ (on slide) (collected on 21 Nov. 1997 by G.K. Walker-Smith), Blairgowrie, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia [38°21'S 144°47'E]; NMV J47081 1♂ (on slide) (collected on 21 Nov. 1997 by G.K. Walker-Smith), Blairgowrie, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia [38°21'S 144°47'E]; NMV J47082 1♂ (on slide) (collected on 21 Nov. 1997 by G.K. Walker-Smith), Blairgowrie, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia [38°21'S 144°47'E]; NMV J47083 13♀ 11♂, 9 juveniles (collected on 21 Nov. 1997 by G.K. Walker-Smith), Blairgowrie, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia [38°21'S 144°47'E].

Generic Combinations

• Murramia poorei (Walker-Smith, 2001). —
  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] [194]

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

ID Keys

see Walker-Smith (2001).

Diagnosis References

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 [656-663] (description of new species)

General References

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

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