Species Parartemia zietziana Sayce, 1903
- Parartemia zietziana 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 [232-233, pls XXVII, fig. B and XXIX].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA C5613, a brackish water swamp near Lake Alexandrina, SA.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Common in western Vic and also found in central and north-west Vic; midland Tas, southern SA, including Eyre Peninsula (Savage in Timms 2004).
IBRA
SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), 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), 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: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Tasmania
- Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Predominantly a benthic feeder (Marchant & Williams 1977).
General References
Marchant, R. & Williams, W.D. 1977. Organic content of some saline lake sediments in western Victoria. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 269-275 (feeding)
History of changes
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