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Species Penthesilenula brasiliensis (Pinto & Kotzian, 1961)

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan; South Africa, Brazil, France, Ireland.


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

WA: Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

Diagnosis

Length about 0.5 mm. Right valve without postero ventral keel, left valve with small anteroventral and large posteroventral internal teeth. Second segment of endopod of antennula with two large dorsal setae and one ventro-apical seta.

 

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)
28-Mar-2012 28-Mar-2012 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2010 MODIFIED