Kinnecaris eberhardi (Karanovic, 2005)

Tang, Danny & Knott, Brenton, 2009, Freshwater cyclopoids and harpacticoids (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Gnangara Mound region of Western Australia, Zootaxa 2029, pp. 1-70 : 60

Kinnecaris eberhardi (Karanovic, 2005)

Material examined. Carpark Cave ( YN18 ), Yanchep National Park, Western Australia (31°33'08''S, 115°41'08''E): 7 ♀ (1 dissected and mounted on slide), 8 ♂ (1 dissected and mounted on slide) and 1 copepodid ( AM P.78937–P.78939), 31 October , 1996; Gilgie Cave ( YN27 ), Yanchep National Park , Western Australia (31°34'07''S, 115°41'18''E): 1 ♀, 17 March , 1993; 1 ♂, 28 August , 1994; 1 ♀ and 4 ♂, 27 November , 1996; Orpheus Cave ( YN256 ), Yanchep National Park , Western Australia (31°31'00''S, 115°40'10''E): 1 ♂, 17 July , 1992; Twilight Cave ( YN194 ), Yanchep National Park , Western Australia (31°34'05''S, 115°41'21''E): 1 ♀ and 1 ♂, 9 October , 1992; 1 ♀, 27 November , 1996; YN7 bore, Yanchep National Park , Western Australia (31°33'17''S, 115°41'13''E): 18 ♀, 12 ♂ and 3 copepodids, 28 August , 1994; Edgecombe spring, Ellenbrook , Western Australia (31°47'39''S, 115°59'43''E): 1 ♀, 4 November , 1995 .

Remarks. This species was established originally as Parastenocaris eberhardi by Karanovic (2005a) to accommodate specimens of both sexes collected from Strongs Cave and Kudjal Yolgah Cave located in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. Schminke (2008) recently transferred P. eberhardi , along with 14 other parastenocaridid species, into Kinnecaris, Jakobi, 1972 . The discovery of this species in multiple caves and a single spring in the Gnangara Mound region, therefore, extends its known distribution northwards. Besides K. eberhardi , three other parastenocaridid members have been described, all from bore samples in Western Australia: Kinnecaris solitaria (Karanovic, 2004) , Parastenocaris kimberleyensis Karanovic, 2005 and P. jane Karanovic, 2006 . Parastenocaris kimberleyensis and P. jane occur north of the Tropic of Capricorn, whilst K. eberhardi and K. solitaria are distributed south of the tropics ( Karanovic 2004a, 2005a, 2006).