Species Porcellidium pulchrum Harris & Robertson, 1994

Porcellidium pulchrum Harris, V.A. & Robertson, H.M. 1994. New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from the southern coast of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 257-301 [273].
Type data:
Holotype AM P35442 ♀ (collected from Ecklonia radiata in the infralittoral fringe at edge of Broulee rock platform; coll. 14 Sept. 1982, V.A.P. Harris), Broulee, New South Wales [35°52'S 150°11E].
Paratype(s) AM P35443 1♂ (collected from Ecklonia radiata in the infralittoral fringe at edge of Broulee rock platform; coll. 14 Sept. 1982, V.A.P. Harris), Broulee, New South Wales [35°52'S 150°11E]; AM P35444 4♀ 3♂ (collected from Ecklonia radiata in the infralittoral fringe at edge of Broulee rock platform; coll. 14 Sept. 1982, V.A.P. Harris), Broulee, New South Wales [35°52'S 150°11E]; BMNH 4♀ 4♂ (collected from Ecklonia radiata in the infralittoral fringe at edge of Broulee rock platform; coll. 14 Sept. 1982, V.A.P. Harris), Broulee, New South Wales [35°52'S 150°11E]; ZANU Po.RR[Br.82] 137♀ 108♂ (collected from Ecklonia radiata in the infralittoral fringe at edge of Broulee rock platform; coll. 14 Sept. 1982, V.A.P. Harris; this collection of paratypes includes those illustrated in Harris and Robertson (1994) and the remaining type population), Broulee, New South Wales [35°52'S 150°11E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Kioloa, Broulee and Twofold Bay, NSW

Australian Endemic.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Collected from Ecklonia radiata; also ocassionally found on Phyllospora and Sargassum.

ID Keys

see Walker-Smith (2001).

Diagnosis References

Harris, V.A. & Robertson, H.M. 1994. New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from the southern coast of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 257-301 [277]

General References

Harris, V.A. 2014. Porcellidiidae of Australia (Harpacticoida, Copepoda). I. A Reassessment of the European Species of Porcellidium. Records of the Australian Museum 66(2): 63–110

Walker-Smith, G.K. 2001. Porcellidium poorei, a new species of Porcellidiidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from seagrass in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, and a review of the family. Journal of Crustacean Biology 21: 653-664

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)
19-Jun-2014	PORCELLIDIIDAE Boeck, 1865	12-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	ABRS
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED