Subspecies Keratella quadrata quadrata (Müller, 1786)
- Brachionus quadratus Müller, O.F. 1786. Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina : quae detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari curavit / Otho Fridericus Müller ... ; sistit opus hoc posthumum quod cum tabulis aeneis L. in lucem tradit, vidua ejus nobilissima, cura Othonis Fabricii …. Hauniae : Typis Nicolai Mölleri ... [8], lvi, 367 pp. [354, pl. 49, figs 12, 13].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
NSW: Lake Pamamaroo, Menindee Lakes; Darling R. Pooncarie; Darling R., 20 km N Wentworth; Darling R. Wentworth; R. Murray, Curlwaa; VIC: R. Murray, Barmah; R. Murray, Echuca; Lake Victoria, Shepparton; unnamed Mitta Mitta R. billabong N of Tallandoon; Goulburn Weir, Nagambie; Junction Dam, Bogong Village; Pretty Valley Pondage, Falls Ck; billabong on Goulburn floodplain, Seymour; Sheepwash Lagoon, Molesworth; 'Acacia's' billabong, nr Homewood; Loddon R., Newstead; Hopkins R. estuary nr Warrnambool; (Melbourne) (Evans 1951);TAS: flooded tin-mine quarry, 2 km W of Derby; Lake Sorell; small stock dam ca. 26.4 km E of Lake Sorrell; Stock dam, junc. of Sorell-Hobart Hwy and airport rd; Stock dam 500 m nth of Snug; Dam 2.4 km nth of Middleton; SA: Katarapko Ck nr Glossop; R. Murray, Mannum; R. Murray, Tailem Bend.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Billabong, dam, lotic freshwater.
Note
Some of these records are likely to be K. australis, which was not recognised as a distinct species prior to 1963.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 31-Jan-2013 | MODIFIED |