Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Stygocaris giselae Schminke, 1980

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Species Stygocaris giselae Schminke, 1980

  • Stygocaris giselae Schminke, H.K. 1980. Zur Systematik der Stygocarididae (Crustacea, Syncarida) und Beschreibung zweier neuer Arten (Stygocarella pleotelson gen. n. sp. n. und Stygocaris giselae sp. n.). Beaufortia 30: 139-154 [147].
    Type data:
     Holotype ZMK, Tambo River, near Battle Point, 27 km N of Bruthen on Omeo Hwy, VIC.
    Paratype(s) ZMK (as allotype); ZMK.

 

Distribution

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

Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, interstitial, underground water.

Extra Ecological Information

Interstitial in river gravel.

 

General References

Schminke, H.K. 1978. Die phylogenetishce Stellung der Stygocarididae (Crustacea, Syncarida) - unter besonderer Berücksichtigung morphologisher Ähnlichkeiten mit Larvenformen der Eucarida. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 16: 225-239 (phylogenetic position)

Schminke, H.K. 1980. Zur Systematik der Stygocarididae (Crustacea, Syncarida) und Beschreibung zweier neuer Arten (Stygocarella pleotelson gen. n. sp. n. und Stygocaris giselae sp. n.). Beaufortia 30: 139-154 (systematic position)

Schminke, H.K. & Noodt, W. 1968. Discovery of Bathynellacea, Stygocaridacea and other interstitial Crustacea in New Zealand. Naturwissenschaften 54: 184-185 (distribution and ecology)