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JARDINEAN Iredale & Whitley 1938
JARDINEAN Iredale & Whitley 1938
Available Names:
Jardinean Iredale & Whitley 1938: 64–68 and map.
Additional synonomies:
Eastern Province (in part) Unmack, 2001: 1078. Northern Province (in part) Unmack, 2001 1077. Jardinean. — McMichael & Hiscock, 1938: 488.
Area Taxonomy:
FRESHWATER ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OR FLUVIFAUNA
Sub-Realm:
Australia Swainson 1835
Region:
JARDINEAN Iredale & Whitley 1938
Diagnosis:
“Occupying the rivers of the east coast of Queensland north of the Fitzroy River [Queensland] to Cape York” (McMichael & Hiscock, 1938: 488).
Type-locality:
Mulgrave River at Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia, 17°06’06”S 145°47’20”E.
As noted above, Iredale & Whitley’s (1938) text and figure are contradictory, with the latter indicating eastern Gulf of Carpentaria drainages (Leichhardtian Region) within the Jardinean. Subsequently, Whitley (1959) included only the eastern drainages in the Jardinean.
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