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Eucrenonaspides oinotheke gen. et sp.n. (Psammaspididae) from Tasmania, and a New Taxonomic Scheme for Anaspidacea (Crustacea, Syncarida)
Author(s) -
KNOTT BRENTON,
LAKE PHILIP S.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00648.x
Subject(s) - biology , genus , crustacean , spring (device) , classification scheme , zoology , type species , type (biology) , ecology , physics , information retrieval , computer science , thermodynamics
Eucrenonaspides oinotheke gen. et sp.n., of the family Psammaspididae, is described. The species was found in a spring at Devonport, NW Tasmania, and is the first spring‐dwelling syncarid recorded from the Australian region. The description of the family Psammaspididae is amended to permit the inclusion of the genus Eucrenonaspides. In the light of the morphology of the Psammaspididae, a revised classification of the order Anaspidacea is suggested. In the new classificatory scheme, the order Anaspidacea contains two sub‐orders, Anaspidinea (containing Anaspididae and Koonungidae) and Stygocaridinea (containing Stygocarididae and Psammaspididae).