Eucrenonaspides

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Eucrenonaspides oinotheke
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Anaspidacea
Family:
Psammaspidae
Genus:
Eucrenonaspides

Knott & Lake, 1980
Species:
E. oinotheke
Binomial name
Eucrenonaspides oinotheke
Knott & Lake, 1980

Eucrenonaspides oinotheke is a species of crustacean in the family Psammaspidae, endemic to Tasmania, the only species described in the genus Eucrenonaspides. It was described from a spring at 9 Payton Place, Devonport, Tasmania in 1980, making it "the first spring-dwelling syncarid recorded from the Australian region".[2] It is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.[1] A further undescribed species is known from south-western Tasmania.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Eucrenonaspides oinotheke". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T8164A12894255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8164A12894255.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Brenton Knott; Philip S. Lake (1980). "Eucrenonaspides oinotheke gen. et sp. n. (Psammaspididae) from Tasmania, and a new taxonomic scheme for Anaspidacea (Crustacea, Syncarida)". Zoologica Scripta. 9 (1–4): 25–33. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00648.x. S2CID 85415086.
  3. ^ W. F. Ponder; S. A. Clarke; S. Eberhard; J. B. Studdert (2005). "A radiation of hydrobiid snails in the caves and streams at Precipitous Bluff, southwest Tasmania, Australia (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae s.l.)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1074: 1–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1074.1.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2010.


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