Species Paralimnadia urukhai (Webb & Bell, 1979)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Limnadia urukhai Webb, J.A. & Bell, G.D. 1979. A new species of Limnadia (Crustacea: Conchostraca) from the granite belt in southern Queensland and north New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 103: 237-245 [239].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM W7499 ♂, Sow and Pigs Rocks, near Stanthorpe, Qld.
  Paratype(s) QM W7499 5 ♂, 9 ♀, same data as Holotype; QM W268 4 ♂, 2 ♀, same data as Holotype.

  Type locality references:

  Timms, B.V. & Schwentner, M. 2020. A Redescription of Paralimnadia urukhai Webb and Bell 1979 with the Description of a New Species P. minyspinosa (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Limnadiidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 142: 1-14 [3].

 

Generic Combinations

• Paralimnadia urukhai (Webb & Bell, 1979). —
  Rogers, D.C., Rabet, N. & Weeks, S.C. 2012. Revision of the extant genera of Limnadiidae (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata). Journal of Crustacean Biology 32(5): 827–842 [838]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Granite belt of southern Qld and adjacent northern NSW, around the towns of Stanthorpe and Tenterfield (Webb & Bell 1979); also on some granite peaks in the Gibralter Range National Park (Timms 2006, unpublished data).

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Probably suspension feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds on bottom muds of pools, probably re-suspending it (Timms 2006, unpublished observations).

 

General References

Brtek, J. 1997. Checklist of the valid and invalid names of the “Large Branchiopods” (Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata and Laevicaudata), with a survey of the taxonomy of all Branchiopoda. Zborník Slovenského Národného Múzea. Prírodné Vedy 43: 3-66 [58] (list)

Richter, S. & Timms, B.V. 2005. A list of recent clam shrimps (Crustacea: Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata, Cyclestherida) of Australia, including a description of a new species of Eocyzicus. Records of the Australian Museum 57: 341-354

Timms, B.V. 2016. A review of the Australian endemic clam shrimp, Paralimnadia Sars 1896 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata). Zootaxa 4161(4): 451–508 [471]

Timms, B.V. & Schwentner, M. 2020. A Redescription of Paralimnadia urukhai Webb and Bell 1979 with the Description of a New Species P. minyspinosa (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Limnadiidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 142: 1-14

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Feb-2021	LIMNADIIDAE Baird, 1849	22-Jan-2021	MODIFIED
31-Oct-2016	Paralimnadia Sars, 1896	06-Oct-2016	MODIFIED
09-Aug-2012		09-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
18-Aug-2010		18-Aug-2010	MODIFIED
		14-May-2010	MODIFIED