Australian Museum Journal New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from Kioloa, New South Wales, Australia
- Shortform:
- Harris, 1994, Rec. Aust. Mus. 46(3): 303–340
- Author(s):
- Harris, Vernon A.
- Year published:
- 1994
- Title:
- New species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) from Kioloa, New South Wales, Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 46
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 303
- End page:
- 340
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.8
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 17 November 1994
- Cover date:
- 17 November 1994
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: COPEPODA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 21 January 2009
- Available online:
- 27 February 2009
- Reference number:
- 8
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (109kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (4696kb PDF)
Abstract
Six new species referred to four new genera and one new species of Porcellidium belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Harpacticoida: Copepoda) are described from Kioloa, a locality on the southern coast of New South Wales, Australia. Characteristic features defining the following new genera are given together with descriptions of new species: Brevifrons n.gen., B. faviolatum n.sp., Kioloaria n.gen., K. sesquimaculata n.sp., Murramia n.gen., M. magna n.sp., M. bicincta n.sp., Tectacingulum n.gen., T. tumidum n.sp. and T. nigrum n.sp. A new species of Porcellidium, P. londonii n.sp., is described and referred to the 'Fimbriatum' group. The structure and taxonomic significance of the hyaline fringe and male antennule are discussed together with other characters that have been used to define new genera.