Macrocyclops albidus (Jurine, 1820)

Tang, Danny & Knott, Brenton, 2009, Freshwater cyclopoids and harpacticoids (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Gnangara Mound region of Western Australia, Zootaxa 2029, pp. 1-70 : 16

Macrocyclops albidus (Jurine, 1820)

Material examined. Spillway Cave ( YN565 ), Yanchep National Park, Western Australia (31°32'41''S, 115°40'37''E): 20 ♀ (1 dissected and mounted on slide) and 4 copepodids ( AM P.78715–P.78716), 8 November , 2005; Mrs. King’s tumulus spring, Bullsbrook , Western Australia (31°39'04''S, 115°57'11''E): 5 ♀ and 6 copepodids, 8 May , 1996; Sue’s spring (South), Bullsbrook , Western Australia (31°38'42''S, 115°58'17''E): 3 copepodids, 1 February, 2008; 2 ♀ and 2 copepodids, 22 August, 2008 .

Remarks. Our material agrees favourably with the redescription of Macrocyclops albidus (Jurine, 1820) provided by Ueda et al. (1996). This cosmopolitan species is the only representative of Macrocyclops known to occur in Australia ( Dussart & Defaye 2006). It has been recorded previously from epigean habitats in New South Wales (G. O. Sars, 1908; Bayly 1964), Queensland (Bayly loc. cit.; Timms 1967), South Australia ( Cooling & Boulton 1993), Victoria ( Timms 1981) and Western Australia ( Pusey & Edward 1990; Bayly 1992; Cale et al. 2004; Pinder et al. 2004). Although M. albidus typically inhabits lakes and streams ( Fernando & Ponyi 1981), it is known to occur, as observed in the present study, in ground waters as well ( Itô 1957; Pospisil 1999; Reeves et al. 2000; Bruno & Perry 2004; Lewis & Reid 2007; Moseley 2007).