Species Ozestheria dictyon (Spencer & Hall, 1896)
- Estheria dictyon Spencer, B. & Hall, T.S. 1896. Crustacea. Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. II. Zoology. London and Melbourne. [236, pl. 20, figs 6-8].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV J53359 (material originally came from SAM), Palm Creek in the James Range, NT (but a note with the type material says the locality is South Australia).
Generic Combinations
- Caenestheria dictyon (Spencer & Hall, 1896). —
Daday, E. 1914. Monographie systématique des Phyllopodes Conchostracés. Première partie. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 20: 39-330 [105] (as ?Caenestheria dictyon) - Ozestheria dictyon (Spencer & Hall, 1896).
- Cyzicus dicyton (Spencer & Hall, 1896). —
Wolf, E. 1911. Phyllopoda. In Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 3. 253-276 pp. [254] (list)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from southern NT and in the vicinity of Lake Carey, WA (Timms, et al., in press), but probably more widespread.
IBRA
NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: W plateau
- Western Australia: W plateau
Ecological Descriptors
Probably suspension feeder.
General References
Dakin, W.J. 1914. Fauna of Western Australia. II. The Phyllopoda of Western Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 293-305 [295] (listed as Cyzicus dicyton)
Henry, M. 1924. A monograph of the freshwater Entomostraca of New South Wales. Part IV. Phyllopoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1924: 120-137 [122, 134] (list and key)
Sayce, O.A. 1903. The Phyllopoda of Australia, including descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 15: 224-261, pl. 27-36 [255, 256, pl. 36, fig. A]
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