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Species Temnosewellia dendyi (Haswell, 1893)

Generic Combinations

 

Introduction

Cannon & Sewell (2001) redescribed this species from new material collected from species of Cherax from eastern Australia.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

(as Temnocephala dendyi); unspecified location, Australia; ex branchial cavity and surface Cherax bicarinatus (Gray, 1845) (record as Astacopsis bicarinatus); sympatric with T. minor. See Haswell (1893).

(as Temnocephala dendyi); New South Wales, Australia; ex branchial cavity Cherax bicarinatus (Gray, 1845) (record as Paracherops bicarinatus Gray). See Schaefer (1971).

(as Temnocephala dendyi); Condamine River, Warwick, southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia; ex Cherax destructor Clark, 1936. See Joffe et. al. (1997).

Tributaries of Murray-Darling system in New South Wales and southern Queensland, Victoria and South Australia, Australia; also known from Kangaroo Island, South Australia and coastal islands off Queensland; ex Cherax destructor Clark, 1936, Cherax robustus Riek, 1951 and Cherax albidusClark, 1936. See Cannon & Sewell (2001) .


Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectosymbiotic (host(s): Cherax bicarinatus (Gray in Eyre, 1845) [PARASTACIDAE]; Cherax albidus Clark, 1936 [PARASTACIDAE]; Cherax robustus Riek, 1951 [PARASTACIDAE]; Cherax depressus Riek, 1951 [PARASTACIDAE]; Cherax destructor Clark, 1936 [PARASTACIDAE]).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-May-2023 RHABDITOPHORA Ehlers, 1985 20-May-2023 MODIFIED Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
28-Sep-2022 RHABDITOPHORA Ehlers, 1985 14-Apr-2023 MODIFIED
17-Aug-2015 "TURBELLARIA" 28-Jun-2015 MODIFIED Dr Kathryn Hall
17-Aug-2015 "TURBELLARIA" 18-Sep-2012 MOVED Dr Kathryn Hall
02-Aug-2012 ADDED