Species Anaspides tasmaniae (Thomson, 1893)

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• Anaspis tasmaniae Thomson, G.M. 1893. Notes on Tasmanian Crustacea, with descriptions of new species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1892: 45-76 [51].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OMNZ, near top of Mt Wellington, TAS.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Algal-feeder, benthic, caves, detritivore, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, nectonic, predator.

 

General References

Calman, W.T. 1896. On the genus Anaspides and its affinities with certain fossil Crustacea. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 38: 787-802 (taxonomy, morphology)

Hickman, V.V. 1937. The embryology of the syncarid crustacean, Anaspides tasmaniae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 1-36 (embryology)

Lake, P.S. & Coleman, D.J. 1977. On the subterranean syncarids of Tasmania. Helictite, Journal of Australasian Cave Research 15: 12-17 (ecology)

MacMillan, D.L., Silvey, G.E. & Wilson. I.S. 1981. Coordination of the movements of the appendages on the Tasmanian mountain shrimp Anaspides tasmaniae (Thomson) (Syncarida: Anaspididae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 212: 213-231 (neurophysiology)

Manton, S.M. 1930. Notes on the habits and feeding mechanisms of Anaspides and Paranaspides Crustacea, Syncarida). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930: 791-800 (morphology, ecology)

Nicholls, G.E. 1947. On the Tasmanian Syncarida. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 2: 9-16 (ecology, distribution)

Nicholls, G.E. & Spargo, D. 1932. Notes on the internal anatomy of the Anaspidacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 10: 153-166 (anatomy)

Silvey, G.E. 1980. Shrimps in high places. Australian Natural History 20: 71-74 (ecology, behaviour)

Silvey, G.E. & Wilson, I.S. 1979. Structure and function of the lateral giant neurone of the primitive crustacean Anaspides tasmaniae. Journal of Experimental Biology 78: 121-136 (neurophysiology)

Smith, G.W. 1908. Preliminary account of the habits and structure of the Anaspididae, with remarks on some other freshwater Crustacea from Tasmania. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 80: 465-473 (morphology, ecology)

Smith, G.W. 1909. On the Anaspidacea, living and fossil. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 53: 489-578 (morphology)

Swain, R. & Reid, C.I. 1983. Observations on the life history and ecology of Anaspides tasmaniae (Thomson) (Syncarida: Anaspididae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 3: 163-172 (life history and ecology)

Thomson, G.M. 1926. Anaspides: a survivor from ancient times. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 8: 161-163 (general biology)

Wallis, E.J. & Macmillan, D.L. 1998. Foregut morphology and feeding strategies in the syncarid malacostracan Anaspides tasmaniae: correlating structure and function. Journal of Crustacean Biology 18: 279-289 (foregut morphology and function)

Williams, W.D. 1965. Ecological notes on the Tasmanian Syncarida (Crustacea: Malacostraca), with a description of a new species of Anaspides. Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie 50: 95-126 (ecology, distribution)

Williams, W.D. 1974. Freshwater Crustacea. pp. 63-112 in Williams, W.D. (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology in Tasmania. The Hague : Junk 498 pp. (ecology, distribution)