• Notodromadidae Kaufmann, A. 1900. Cypriden und Darwinuliden der Schweitz. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 8: 209-423.

  Type genus:

   Notodromas Lilljeborg, 1853.

Introduction

The family Notodromadidae comprises the subfamilies Notodromatinae, Cyproidinae, Centrocypridinae and Oncocypridinae. Only representatives of the first subfamily can be found in Australian freshwaters.

Diagnosis

Nauplii larvae with two distinctly separated eyes (also adults of Notordromadinae and Centrocypridinae). Rake-like organ with small pointed denticles. Third masticatory process of maxillula with 6 teeth. Male first thoracopod transformed into prehensile palps. Third thoracopod with three simple setae on terminal segment. Zenker organ long and slender, both extremities funnel-shaped: chitinous rods (spines) not arranged in separate rings.

Diagnosis References

Meisch, C. 2000. Freshwater Ostracoda of Western and Central Europe. Heidelberg, Berlin : Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Gmbh. Vol. 8/3 pp. 1-522. [261]

History of changes

• Notodromatinae Kaufmann, A. 1900. Cypriden und Darwinuliden der Schweitz. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 8: 209-423.

  Type genus:

   Notodromas Lilljeborg, 1853.

Introduction

The subfamily comprises the genera Notodromas Lilljeborg, 1853; Newnhamia King, 1855 and Kennethia De Deckker, 1979. Only the first genus does not have representatives in Australia.

Diagnosis

Carapace stout, dorsally rounded, never elongate in lateral view; anterior and posterior margins broadly rounded. Ventral valve surface flattened, with longitudinal ridges, this structure enabling animals to cling upside-down to the surface of the water. Eye cups of both nauplii and adults separated, each with distinct convex lens. Left valve overlaps right one ventrally. Inner calcified lamella and fused zone both narrow, marginal pore canals straight. Antenna 5-segmented. Respiratory plate on first thoracopod absent. Terminal segment of third thoracopod small but distinct. Posterior seta of caudal ramus claw-like standing closely to posterior claw. Attachment of caudal ramus complex, with several proximal loops.

Diagnosis References

Meisch, C. 2000. Freshwater Ostracoda of Western and Central Europe. Heidelberg, Berlin : Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Gmbh. Vol. 8/3 pp. 1-522. [261]

History of changes

• Kennethia De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [441].

  Type species:

   Kennethia cristata De Deckker, 1979 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
• New Caledonia

Diagnosis

Carapace with polygonal elevations. Spines sometimes present in posterodorsal area of shell; carapace triangular in shape when viewed from anterior, ventral area flat and ridged and surrounded on sides by broad lists. Broad and ribbed outer lamella on left valve in dorsal area. Two small eye tubercles in anterodorsal area of shell. Presence of many hairs on outside of shell.

Diagnosis References

De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [441]

General References

De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [441]

History of changes

• Kennethia cristata De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [441].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, Australia, Victoria, Sheepwash Lagoon.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic.

General References

De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [441]

History of changes

• Newnhamia King, R.L. 1855. On Australian Entomostraca. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 3(1): 56-75 [61].

  Type species:

   Newnhamia fenestrata King, 1855 by subsequent designation, see De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [431].

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

NOTODROMADIDAE: Newnhamia gulielmi King, 1855 — De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [431]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
• New Zealand

Neotropical Region

Diagnosis

Carapace almost covered with polygonal elevations, partially covered or with spinose elevations. Carapace oval in shape, except in ventral region where flat and ridged and surrounded by small list.

Diagnosis References

De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [431]

General References

De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [431]

History of changes

• Newnhamia fenestrata King, R.L. 1855. On Australian Entomostraca. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 3(1): 56-75 [67].

Distribution

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
• New Zealand

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic.

General References

De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [431]

History of changes

• Notodromas fuscata Brady, G.S. 1886. Notes on freshwater Entomostraca from South Australia. Proceeding of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1886: 82-93 [92].

Generic Combinations

• Newnhamia fuscata (Brady, 1886). —
  De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [439]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic.

History of changes

• Newnhamia insolita De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [437].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM Xe10835 ♂, Australia, NSW, pond in Dog Rocks State Forest near Rockley.
  Paratype(s) AM Xe10836-40 5♀, 1♂, Australia, NSW, pond in Dog Rocks State Forest near Rockley.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: permanent pond.

General References

De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [437]

History of changes

• Newnhamia petiola De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [434].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM Xe10817 ♂, Australia, Queensland, via Hughenden, Pine Tree Creek Lagoon.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: permanent pond.

General References

De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [434]

History of changes