Species Mytilocypris tasmanica McKenzie, 1966

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• Mytilocypris tasmanica McKenzie, K.G. 1966. Mytilocypris, a new ostracode genus from Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 100: 27-30 [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P15016 ♀, Australia, Tasmania, South Arm, near Hobart, Calverts Lagoon.
  Paratype(s) AM P150117 ♂, Australia, Tasmania, South Arm, near Hobart, Calverts Lagoon.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: brackish water.

 

General References

De Deckker, P. 1978. Comparative morphology and review of Mytilocyprinid ostracods (family Cyprididae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 58: 1-61 [26]

Halse, S.A. & McRae, J.M. 2004. New genera and species of "giant" ostracods (Crustacea, Cyprididae) from Australia. Hydrobiologia 524: 1-52 [4]

McKenzie, K.G. 1966. Mytilocypris, a new ostracode genus from Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 100: 27-30 [27]

 

History of changes

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