Species Sunaristes tranteri Hamond, 1973

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• Sunaristes tranteri Hamond, R. 1973. Four new copepods (Crustacea: Harpacticoida: Canuellidae) simultaneously occurring with Diogenes senex (Crustacea: Paguridea) near Sydney. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 97: 165-201 [167-176].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P18684 ♀ (collected with the pagurid Diogenes senex; collected on 20 Nov. 1970 by R. Hamond), the swimming pool of the CSIRO division of Fisheries and Oceanography (Gunnamatta Bay) [34°04'30"S 151°08'53"E].
  Paratype(s) AM P18685 1♂ (recorded as allotype), the swimming pool of the CSIRO division of Fisheries and Oceanography (Gunnamatta Bay) [34°04'30"S 151°08'53"E]; whereabouts unknown (collected with the pagurid Diogenes senex; collected on 20 Nov. 1970 by R. Hamond; these paratypes are believed to be in the private collections of R. Hamond), the swimming pool of the CSIRO division of Fisheries and Oceanography (Gunnamatta Bay) [34°04'30"S 151°08'53"E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

NSW, Gunnamatta Bay, Sydney.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales

Oriental Region

• Andaman Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

New South Wales specimens found in a saline pool, associated with hermit crabs; in the Andaman Islands specimens were found in intertidal sediments.

 

Diagnosis References

Hamond, R. 1973. Four new copepods (Crustacea: Harpacticoida: Canuellidae) simultaneously occurring with Diogenes senex (Crustacea: Paguridea) near Sydney. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 97: 165-201 [167]

 

General References

Hamond, R. 1973. The harpacticoid copepods (Crustacea) of the saline lakes in southeast Australia, with special reference to the Laophontidae. Records of the Australian Museum 28: 393-420 [167] (record of Australian species)

Humes, A.G. 1981. Harpacticoid copepods associated with hermit crabs in the Moluccas. Marine Research in Indonesia 22: 1-19 (provides amendments to the original description)

Wells, J.B.J. & Rao, G.C. 1987. Littoral Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 19: 1-385 [4] (provides amendments to the original description)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED