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KREFFTIAN Iredale & Whitley 1938
KREFFTIAN Iredale & Whitley 1938
Available Names:
Krefftian Iredale & Whitley 1938: 64–68 and map.
Additional synonomies:
Eastern Province (in part) Unmack 2001: 1078. Krefftian McMichael & Hiscock, 1938: 488.
Area Taxonomy:
FRESHWATER ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OR FLUVIFAUNA
Sub-Realm:
Australia Swainson 1835
Region:
KREFFTIAN Iredale & Whitley 1938
Diagnosis:
“The coastal streams of the east coast of Queensland from about Brisbane north to the Tropic of Capricorn” (McMichael & Hiscock, 1938: 488).
Type-locality:
Mary River at Tiaro, Queensland, Australia, 25°43’20”S 152°34’34”E.
The diagnosis used here essentially follows Iredale & Whitley’s (1938) figure. Whitley (1959) subsequently refined it to only include the Mary and Burnett Rivers, though his map depicted an area more in keeping with the definition used here.
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