Species Robertgurneya smithi Hamond, 1973

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• Robertgurneya smithi Hamond, R. 1973. Robertgurneya smithi nov. sp. (Crustacea; Harpacticoida), with notes on other species of the genus. Journal of Natural History 7: 65-76 [65-71].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P18686 ♀ (from the washings of seagrasses (Ruppia and Heterozostera); lat. long. not stated by author), Coobowie Lake, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) AM 18687 ♂ (from the washings of seagrasses (Ruppia and Heterozostera); lat. long. not stated by author), Coobowie Lake, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

SA, Coobowie Lake on Yorke Peninsula; Vic, Port Phillip Bay — at Blairgowrie, Pt Richards, Clifton Springs and Grand Scenic).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Found among seagrasses such as Ruppia sp. and Heterozostera tasmanica; seems to prefer habitats that are rich in detritus.

 

Diagnosis

Rostrum reaching past the end of A1 segment 2, rostrum not bifid at the tip. A1 8-segmented, A2 exopod 3-segmented, segment 2 without seta. P1 endopod-3 twice as long as endopod-2. P1 of male, inner spine on basis not reaching to the base of the inner seta on P1 endopod-1. P2 endopod-1 inner seta reaching to the endopod of P2 endopod-2. P2 endopod-2 with 2 inner setae. P2 endopod of male, tip of terminal spine forms a small hook.
Setal formulae for swimming legs:

Swimming legs Exopod- Endopod-
1 2 3 1 2 3
P2 0 1 1.2.3 1 2 1.2.1
P3 0 1 1.2.3 1 1 2.2.1
P4 0 1 2.2.3 1 1 1.2.1

P5 baseoendopod, endopodal lobe of female extending beyond the middle of the exopod, with 5 setae, exopod with 6 setae.

 

Diagnosis References

Hamond, R. 1973. Robertgurneya smithi nov. sp. (Crustacea; Harpacticoida), with notes on other species of the genus. Journal of Natural History 7: 65-76

 

General References

Hamond, R. 1973. Robertgurneya smithi nov. sp. (Crustacea; Harpacticoida), with notes on other species of the genus. Journal of Natural History 7: 65-76 [65-71] (New South Wales record)

Walker-Smith, G.K. 2003. The harpacticoid copepod fauna of Port Phillip Bay (Victoria, Australia) and their contribution to the diet of juvenile King George whiting (Sillaginodes punctata: Sillaginidae). PhD Thesis. The Zoology Department, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 278 pp. [32] (Victorian record)

 

History of changes

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