Species Tachaea caridophaga (Riek, 1953)

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Species Tachaea caridophaga (Riek, 1953)

Austroargathona caridophaga Riek, E.F. 1953. A corallanid isopod parasitic on freshwater prawns in Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 77: 259-261 [259].
Type data:
Holotype AM P12435, P12433 (slide, part only) ♀, Enoggera Creek, Brisbane, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM P12436, P12437–43, P40861, P12433 (part) (slide).
Austroargathona picta Riek, E.F. 1967. A new corallanid isopod parasitic on Australian freshwater prawns. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 91: 176-178 [176].
Type data:
Holotype AM P33544, Darling River, Bourke, NSW.
Paratype(s) AM specimens not found.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Bruce, N.L. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. In Houston, W.W.K. & Beesley, P.L. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 434 pp. [167]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic.

Extra Ecological Information

On Macrobrachium sp. (Palaemonidae) and Paratya sp. (Atyidae).

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
05-Aug-2022	05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	06-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
	29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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