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Species Paranaspides lacustris Smith, 1908

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Species Paranaspides lacustris Smith, 1908

  • Paranaspides lacustris 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 [470].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) OUM 5403, Great Lake, TAS; UMZC, Great Lake, TAS; BMNH 1908.12.21.1–4, Great Lake, TAS.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Central Plateau.


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

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, detritivore, intertidal, lentic freshwater, nectonic.

 

General References

Cannon, H.G. & Manton, S.M. 1929. On the feeding mechanism of the syncarid Crustacea. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 56: 175-189 (feeding anatomy)

Fulton, W. 1982. Notes on the distribution and life cycle of Paranaspides lacustris Smith (Crustacea: Syncarida). Bulletin of the Australian Society for Limnology 8: 23-25 (distribution and life cycle)

Gordon, I. 1961. On the mandible of Paranaspides lacustris Smith—a correction. Crustaceana 2: 213-222 (morphology)

Lake, P.S. & Knott, B. 1973. On the freshwater crustaceans of the central Plateau. pp. 95-99 in Banks, M.R. (ed.). The Lake Country of Tasmania. Hobart : Royal Society of Tasmania (ecology)

Manton, S.M. 1929. Observations on the habits of some Tasmanian Crustacea. Victorian Naturalist 45: 298-300 (biology)

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)

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)

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)