Species Porcellidium naviculum Harris & Robertson, 1994

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• Porcellidium naviculum Harris, V.A. & Robertson, H.M. 1994. New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from the southern coast of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 257-301 [281].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P35454 ♀ (collected from Cystophora sp. on 2 Dec. 1982 by V.A.P. Harris), Merimbula Head, Merimbula, New South Wales [36°53'S 149°56'S].
  Paratype(s) AM P35455 1♂ (collected from Cystophora sp. on 2 Dec. 1982 by V.A.P. Harris), Merimbula Head, Merimbula, New South Wales [36°53'S 149°56'S]; AM P35456 3♀ (ovigerous) 2♂, 1 male coupled to a juvenile female (collected from Cystophora sp. on 2 Dec. 1982 by V.A.P. Harris), Merimbula Head, Merimbula, New South Wales [36°53'S 149°56'S]; BMNH [Mb.6] 4♀ 3♂ (collected from Cystophora sp. on 2 Dec. 1982 by V.A.P. Harris), Merimbula Head, Merimbula, New South Wales [36°53'S 149°56'S]; ZANU Po.T.[Mb.6] 36♀ 29♂ (collected from Cystophora sp. on 2 Dec. 1982 by V.A.P. Harris), Merimbula Head, Merimbula, New South Wales [36°53'S 149°56'S].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Kioloa, Broulee and Merimbula, NSW; Nuyts Archipelago, SA (pers. obs. Walker-Smith).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lower E coast
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

P. naviculum has only been found on Cystophora, particularly C. moniliformis.

 

ID Keys

see Walker-Smith (2001).

 

Diagnosis References

Harris, V.A. & Robertson, H.M. 1994. New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from the southern coast of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 257-301 [285]

 

General References

Harris, V.A. 2014. Porcellidiidae of Australia (Harpacticoida, Copepoda). I. A Reassessment of the European Species of Porcellidium. Records of the Australian Museum 66(2): 63–110

Harris, V.A. & Robertson, H.M. 1994. New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from the southern coast of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 257-301 [285] (diagnosis)

Walker-Smith, G.K. 2001. Porcellidium poorei, a new species of Porcellidiidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from seagrass in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, and a review of the family. Journal of Crustacean Biology 21: 653-664 (key)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Jun-2014	PORCELLIDIIDAE Boeck, 1865	16-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	ABRS
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED