Species Neopeltopsis althorpensis Walker-Smith, 2005

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Species Neopeltopsis althorpensis Walker-Smith, 2005

Neopeltopsis althorpensis Walker-Smith, G.K. 2005. A new species of Neopeltopsis (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Peltidiidae) from Althorpe Island, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 129(2): 170-182 [172].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA C6219 ♀ (Found in the washings of Pterocladia sp. (Rhodophyta), depth approx. 2 m), Althorpe Island, South Australia [35°22.02'S, 136°51.08'E].
Paratype(s) SAMA C6220, C6221, C6222 9 ♂, 5 ♀ and 1 copepodid (Found in the washings of Pterocladia sp. (Rhodophyta), depth approx. 2 m), Althorpe Island, South Australia [35°22.02'S, 136°51.08'E]; TMH G5474, G5475, G5476 4 ♀, 4 ♂ and 5 copepodids (Found in the washings of Pterocladia sp. (Rhodophyta), depth approx. 2 m), Althorpe Island, South Australia [35°22.02'S, 136°51.08'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, marine.

Diagnosis

A1 (male) with curved, thorn-like projections on segment 7. A2 exopod 1-segmented, with 4 setae. Mandible exopod length approximately equal to width. P1 exopod-2 0.25 size of exopod-1. P2 endopod-2 without inner seta. P2 exopod-3 with only 1 outer spine. P5 exopod partly fused to baseoendopod in both sexes.

Diagnosis References

Walker-Smith, G.K. 2005. A new species of Neopeltopsis (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Peltidiidae) from Althorpe Island, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 129(2): 170-182 [175]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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