Australocamptus hamondi
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| Australocamptus hamondi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Harpacticoida |
| Family: | Canthocamptidae |
| Genus: | Australocamptus |
| Species: | A. hamondi |
| Binomial name | |
| Australocamptus hamondi Karanovic, 2004 | |
 Site of holotype (WAM C28575) ETP 130groundwater monitoring bore, Depot Springs Station, WA'"`UNIQ--ref-00000002-QINU`"' | |
Australocamptus hamondi is a species of copepod in the family Canthocamptidae, and was first described in 2004 by Tomislav Karanovic.[1][2] The species epithet honours the British zoologist, Richard Hamond,[3] who spent many years in Australia, working on copepods and other Australian invertebrates.[3]
This subterranean species is found in arid Western Australia, in of one of the larger calcretes in the upper reaches of the Carey palaeochannel in the Yilgarn region.[2]
