Second species of Mangkurtu (Spelaeogriphacea) from north-western AustraliaWA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 7 years agoABSTRACT – A new species, Mangkurtu kutjarra, is described, the second in this genus from Australia, and fourth living in the Order Spelaeogriphacea in the world. It occurs in a calcrete aquifer very close to that in which its congener lives in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Spelaeogriphacea, like Thermosbaenacea are thought to be relicts of a more widespread shallowwater marine Tethyan fauna stranded in interstitial or ground-water environments during periods of marine regression. Author(s) Gary C.B. Poore and W.F. Humphreys Volume Records 22 : Part 1 Article Published 2003 Page Number 67 DOI 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.22(1).2003.067-074 Second species of Mangkurtu (Spelaeogriphacea) from north-western Australia Download 1.32 MB To request an accessible version of this pdf please email onlineservices@museum.wa.gov.au