Family LOURIMIDAE Monard, 1927
Compiler and date details
31 May 2007 - G.K. Walker-Smith & K. Chilton-Lahey
- Lourimidae Monard, A. 1927. Synopsis universalis generum Harpacticoidarum. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung für Systematik 54: 139-176 [173].
Type genus:
Lourinia C.B. Wilson, 1924.Compiled from secondary source:
Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp. [334]; Lang, K. 1948. Monographie der Harpacticiden. Lund, Sweden : Håkan Ohlssons Boktrycheri 1682 pp. [1215].
Introduction
Lourimidae is a monotypic family. The single species (Lourinia armata) has been collected from benthic samples and washings of seaweed in the Indo-west Pacific, the Mediterranean and off Bermuda (Boxshall & Halsey 2004). Lourinia armata has also been found in South Australia and Western Australia (Nicholls 1941, 1945).
General References
Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp.
Nicholls, A.G. 1941. Littoral Copepoda from South Australia. I — Harpacticoida. Records of the South Australian Museum 6: 381-427
Nicholls, A.G. 1945. Marine Copepoda from Western Australia. III. Littoral harpacticoids from Port Denison. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 29: 1-16