Operculigera montanea, Kane, 1969

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O. montanea Kane, 1969

Operculigera montanea Kane 1969: 369 ; Jankowski 1986: 82, 83; Clamp 1991: 365. Museum Depositions. AM P62810 Lectoype; P62811 Paralectotype. USNM. 1004287 Paralectotype.

Habitat. Freshwater.

Distribution. BR: Australian.

Australia: Victoria, summit of Mt Baw (37°51'22.95"S, 146°16'10.16"E); Mt. Buffalo (36°43'39.52"S,

146°49'22.15"E); Kiewa (36°15'40.86"S, 147°0'30.09"E).

Hosts. Australia: Colubotelson joyneri (Nicholls) (pleopods), C. searlei (pleopods), Colubotelson sp.

References. Kane 1969; Fernandez-Leborans & Tato-Porto 2000; Clamp & Kane 2003.