• Rak Smirnov, N.N. & Timms, B.V. 1983. Revision of the Australian Cladocera (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 1: 1-132 [27].

  Type species:

   Rak obtusus Smirnov & Timms, 1983 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, WA: NSW North Coast (NNC) ; SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), 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), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Note

Undescribed species:
Unpublished MS by D.G. Frey, recovered by RJS from his desk in Bloomington, IN, shortly after his death, describes 4 n. spp. of Rak from Westrern Australia. The MS was submitted to Hydrobiologia, but was 'lost'. Until a revised MS can be prepared, with SEM micrographs, Rak species in WA should be identified with caution. WA records of the two named species are likely to be incorrectly identified.

History of changes

• Rak labrosus Smirnov, N.N. & Timms, B.V. 1983. Revision of the Australian Cladocera (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 1: 1-132 [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P27697 ♀, Edwards Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) ZMMU 2970 ♀.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Kanmantoo (KAN)

History of changes

• Rak obtusus Smirnov, N.N. & Timms, B.V. 1983. Revision of the Australian Cladocera (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 1: 1-132 [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P27698 ♀, Sugar Point, The Broadwater, Myall Lakes National Park, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) ZMMU 2841 ♀.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

In coastal dune lakes of north-eastern NSW; isolated in WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, WA: NSW North Coast (NNC)

History of changes