Diminutive Mulga Slater
Buddelundia
FP-11816 (SJ 13WO)
Discoverer: S. Judd (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 11816
Buddelundia FP-11816 male, lateral (HBI N29205-4; 42 km SSW Mt Delphine, Western Australia)
Image: A. Greenhill (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6737Diagnosis
Very small, highly convex animals. Eyes very large (>10 ommatidia) for the overall size of species. Frontal shield divided into upper and lower sections by a transverse groove but interrupted in the middle by a vertical deep furrow. Posterior margin of frontal shield often indistinct or irregularly bumpy. First pereonite with very wide and deep sulcus arcuatus and highly convex; first pereonal segment bending inward at distal margins. Interlocking structures present on first two pereonal epimera with endolobes on pereonal epimera 2 often acutely pointed and tooth-like in lateral view. Distal part of telson short and narrower than proximal part. Uropods short.
There are numerous species of this type in the drier regions of WA. This species can only be diagnosed by molecular methods (COI barcoding).
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
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