Species Perthia branchialis (Nicholls, 1924)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neoniphargus branchialis Nicholls, G.E. 1924. Neoniphargus branchialis, a new freshwater amphipod from south-western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 10(14): 105-111 [105, pls 10, 11].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) WAM 249–644 4 specimens, King River, near Albany, WA; WAM 11781 1 specimen, Albany, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Perthia branchialis (Nicholls, 1924). —
  Straskraba, M 1964. Perthia n.g. (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) from fresh water of Western Australia, with remarks on the genera Neoniphargus and Uroctena. Crustaceana 7: 125-139

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater.

 

General References

Straškraba, M. 1964. Perthia n.g. (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) from fresh water of Western Australia, with remarks on the genera Neoniphargus and Uroctena. Crustaceana 7: 125-139

Williams, W.D. & Barnard, J.L. 1988. The taxonomy of crangonyctoid Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Australian fresh waters: foundation studies. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 10: 1-180

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		06-Feb-2013	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		25-May-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED