Major Group: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Baetidae
Genus: Platybaetis
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Descriptive Features: body dorso-ventrally flattened
head prognathous
tarsal claws robust with 6-9 large teeth
gills single, plate-like on segments 2-7
segments of caudal filament with whorls of short setae
mid filament shorter than lateral filaments, only 6 segments
Total length: nymphs very small, 3 m
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Platybaetis |
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Taxonomic Checklist:
Platybaetis gagadjuensis Suter, 2001
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Distribution: NT, N Qld
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Functional Feeding Group: scrapers
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East Alligator River, Cahills Crossing NT |
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Ecology:
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Information Sources: Webb & Suter 2011, Dean & Suter 1996
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