Gondwanothrix halsei is a species of small crustaceans (ca. 1.0–1.3 millimetres or 0.039–0.051 inches) within the order Anomopoda, placed in its own family, Gondwanotrichidae.[1][2] It exists in a macrotrichid habitus found in humic coastal dune lakes and swamps in southwest Western Australia. The species' type locality is Angove Lake in the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve (34°56′32″S 118°9′54″E / 34.94222°S 118.16500°E).
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Branchiopoda |
Order: | Anomopoda |
Family: | Gondwanothrichidae Van Damme, Shiel & Dumont, 2007 |
Genus: | Gondwanothrix Van Damme, Shiel & Dumont, 2007 |
Species: | G. halsei
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Binomial name | |
Gondwanothrix halsei (Van Damme, Shiel & Dumont, 2007)
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References
edit- ^ K. Van Damme, R. J. Shiel & H. J. Dumont (2007). "Notothrix halsei gen. n., sp. n., representative of a new family of freshwater cladocerans (Branchiopoda, Anomopoda) from SW Australia, with a discussion of ancestral traits and a preliminary molecular phylogeny of the order". Zoologica Scripta. 36 (5): 465–487. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00292.x. S2CID 83893469.
- ^ K. Van Damme, R. J. Shiel & H. J. Dumont (2007). "Gondwanotrichidae nom. nov. pro Nototrichidae Van Damme, Shiel & Dumont, 2007". Zoologica Scripta. 36 (6): 623. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00304.x.