Limnochares australica specimens from West Australia

Occurrence
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10 April 2026
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Description

Several Limnochares australica specimens collected in West Australia by Harry Smit in 1994. These specimens are not part of the Naturalis collection and stored in the Western Australian Museum in Perth. The Hydrachnidia collection of Naturalis is included in the dataset "Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Chelicerata and Myriapoda" (https://doi.org/10.15468/63lozv).

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Keywords

Occurrence; Hydrachnidia; Specimen

Contacts

Harry Smit
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Guest researcher
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Jeroen Creuwels
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
  • Data manager
NLBIF
NL-2300 RA Leiden
Zuid-Holland
NL

Geographic Coverage

West Australia

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Hydrachnidia, Limnochares australica

Kingdom Animalia
Class Arachnida
Order Trombidiformes
Family Limnocharidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1994-08-11 / 1994-08-15

Additional Metadata

The Hydrachnidia collection of Naturalis can be accessed at the dataset "Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Chelicerata and Myriapoda" (https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b4aad9c3-518b-4550-82de-c70a7ead1b64)

Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.nlbif.nl/resource?r=smit_limnocharesaustralis