Species Stygocaris giselae Schminke, 1980

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• Stygocaris giselae Schminke, H.K. 1980. Zur Systematik der Stygocarididae (Crustacea, Syncarida) und Beschreibung zweier neuer Arten (Stygocarella pleotelson gen. n. sp. n. und Stygocaris giselae sp. n.). Beaufortia 30: 139-154 [147].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMK, Tambo River, near Battle Point, 27 km N of Bruthen on Omeo Hwy, VIC.
  Paratype(s) ZMK (as allotype); ZMK.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, interstitial, underground water.

Extra Ecological Information

Interstitial in river gravel.

 

General References

Schminke, H.K. 1978. Die phylogenetishce Stellung der Stygocarididae (Crustacea, Syncarida) - unter besonderer Berücksichtigung morphologisher Ähnlichkeiten mit Larvenformen der Eucarida. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 16: 225-239 (phylogenetic position)

Schminke, H.K. 1980. Zur Systematik der Stygocarididae (Crustacea, Syncarida) und Beschreibung zweier neuer Arten (Stygocarella pleotelson gen. n. sp. n. und Stygocaris giselae sp. n.). Beaufortia 30: 139-154 (systematic position)

Schminke, H.K. & Noodt, W. 1968. Discovery of Bathynellacea, Stygocaridacea and other interstitial Crustacea in New Zealand. Naturwissenschaften 54: 184-185 (distribution and ecology)

 

History of changes

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