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Major Group: Crustacea
Minor Group: Malacostraca
Order: Anaspidacea
Family: Anaspididae |
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Descriptive Features: rostrum broad
thoracomeres relatively short compared to pleonites
pleonite 6 without row of long spines along posterior margin
eyes pedunculate
antenna 2 with scaphocerite
mandible with palp
thoracopod 1 8-articled, forming a maxilliped, with tubular exopod, with epipod, thoracopods 1-7 with exopod, thoracopod 8 without exopod
pleopods with reduced endopod, with multiarticulate exopod
uropods with 1-articled rami
telson subtriangular, with acute point, and forming tailfan with uropods
Total length: up to 45 mm |
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Paranaspides lacustris |
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Taxonomic Checklist: Species
Allanaspides helonomus Swain, Wilson, Hickman & Ong
Allanaspides hickmani Swain, Wilson & Ong
Anaspides spinulae Williams
Anaspides tasmaniae Thomson
Paranaspides lacustris Smith |
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Distribution: Tas. All 3 genera are endemic.
Sensitivity Rating: none
Functional Feeding Group: shredders, predators |
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Russell Falls in Mt Field NP, Tas |
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Ecology: Instream habitat: Anaspididae species occur in streams, lakes and the burrows of crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae).
Feeding ecology:
Habit: Anaspidid crustaceans free living animals.
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Information Sources: Hawking & Smith 1997, Poore 2002, Serov 2002, Lake et al. 2001, QVM 2007
Key to Genera: Serov 2002
Key to Species: none |
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