Lynceus tatei (Brady, 1886)

Richter, Stefan & Timms, Brian V., 2005, A List of the Recent Clam Shrimps (Crustacea: Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata, Cyclestherida) of Australia, Including a Description of a New Species of Eocyzicus, Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3), pp. 341-354 : 342

Lynceus tatei (Brady, 1886)

Limnetis tatei Brady, 1886a: 84–85 , fig. A; Sars, 1895: 43–46, pl. 8; Henry, 1924: 121–122 (list), 135–136 (text).

Lynceus tatei .– Sayce, 1903: 258–259, pl. 36, fig. E, 1–3; Wolf, 1911: 255 (list); Dakin, 1914: 295 (list), 303 (text); Daday, 1927: 6 (key), 45–49, fig. 155; Glauert, 1924: 59–60; Martin & Belk, 1988: 452 (list); Brtek, 1997: 61 (list).

Limnetis eremia .–Spencer & Hall, 1896: 244, pl. 23, figs. 30–32.

Lynceus eremia .– Sayce, 1903: 258–259, pl. 36, fig. F, 1–3; Wolf, 1911: 255 (list); Dakin, 1914: 295 (list); Chilton, 1917: 481.

Type material. None known.

Comments. Martin & Belk (1988) accepted the synonymy of Lynceus eremia with L. tatei , as suggested by Daday (1927) although Sayce (1903) described a few differences. These include: the carapace with a posterior extremity more narrowly rounded and the rostral expansion in both sexes shorter and more constricted in the middle than in either of the other two species.

Distribution. Rivoli Bay (South Australia); Sydney, Botany, Maroubra (New South Wales); Rostown and Elwood (Victoria); pools at Busselton, Cannington (Western Australia) (all refer to L. tatei ); Cooper Creek, rock hole at Carmeena in the Everard Ranges, flat rock holes 30 miles (= 48 km) east of Musgrave Ranges (South Australia) (refer to L. eremia ). Additional distribution records (from Timms & Richter, 2002): Bloodwood Station and localities near Bloodwood Station (New South Wales); Currawinya National Park, Rockwell and Wombah Stations (southwest Queensland).