First Record of Hemiboeckella searli Sars, 1912 (Calanoida: Centropagidae) in New South Wales

Abstract

The calanoid copepod Hemiboeckella searli Sars is recorded for the first time from New South Wales in Jibbon Lagoon, Royal National Park (34°05’12’’S/151°09’53’’E). This calanoid species is endemic to Australia and occurs in a narrow range of southern latitudes with a wide longitudinal distribution (Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia). Our record of H. searli in Jibbon Lagoon represents a ~250 km northerly latitudinal extension from previous records of the species in south-eastern Australia.