Australian Museum Journal A new genus belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with three new species from Australia
- Shortform:
- Harris, 2002, Rec. Aust. Mus. 54(1): 1–24
- Author(s):
- Harris, Vernon A.
- Year published:
- 2002
- Title:
- A new genus belonging to the family Porcellidiidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with three new species from Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 54
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 1
- End page:
- 24
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1357
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 01 June 2002
- Cover date:
- 01 June 2002
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: COPEPODA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 01 June 2002
- Available online:
- 01 June 2002
- Reference number:
- 1357
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (12kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1072kb PDF)
Abstract
A new genus, Dilatatiocauda, is defined to accommodate three new species belonging to the family Porcellidiidae. It is characterised by maxillipeds that do not meet in the mid-line or have a fimbriate process on the basis. Porcellidium dilatatum Hicks, 1971 possesses these features and is moved to the new genus as the type species. Three new species, Dilatatiocauda multidenticulata, D. medialis and D. retroseta from northern New South Wales, Australia are described and placed in the new genus. Three previously described species, Porcellidium tristanense Wiborg, 1964, P. planum Tiemann, 1977 and P. bipartitum Kim & Kim, 1997, although differing in some features, are considered to fall within the parameters of the new genus.