Porcellidiidae of Australia (Harpacticoida, Copepoda). I. A Reassessment of the European Species of Porcellidium Author Harris, Vernon A. text Records of the Australian Museum 2014 2014-04-02 66 2 63 110 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.66.2014.1594 journal article 10.3853/j.2201-4349.66.2014.1594 2201-4349 4684623 Genus Porcellidium Claus, 1860 Type species . Porcellidium viride ( Philippi, 1840 ) . Diagnosis [an alternative (apomorphic) character state is known for all characters marked with an asterisk]. Spermatophore elongate* (sausage shaped), female receives only one spermatophore during her life span, usually deposited on ventral surface of the genital double-somite at time of metamorphosis from stage V copepodid to adult, attachment to female ephemeral (shed before egg laying starts); bodY oval*, dorsoventrallY compressed*; male cephalosome truncated anteriorly*, female not truncated anteriorlY*; animals do not conglobate*; dorsal organs absent*, no massive honeYcomb-like cuticle; hYaline border surrounds cephalosome*, marginal glands open dorsal to hYaline border*; female genital double-somite broad*, divided into anterior and posterior lobes*, rounded posteriorlY*, lateral striations absent*; male genital somite never fused to metasome segment 4 and P5 baseoendopod*; female caudal ramus rectangular*, setae T1 to T4 always present* (T1 may be recessed), never pinnately clavate or evenlY spaced*; no ridge-plates on labrum*; six setae on maxillule endopod*; maxilliped coxae touch in midline*, basis with fimbriate process*; limbs P2, P3, P4 with three external spinous setae on exopod segment 3*; P5 shorter than genital double-somite*, ventral expansion absent*; male antennule segment 3 setae δ and δ' alwaYs present*, anterior comb absent*, blade or knob-like ventral process may be present, segment 4 with three denticles*, brush-pad never present*; male P5 trapezoid with six setae*. Species composition . Porcellidium viride ( Philippi, 1840 ) ; P. fimbriatum Claus, 1863 ; P. roscoffensis ( Bocquet, 1948 ) comb. nov. (northeast Atlantic coast of Europe and Mediterranean Sea); P. rubrum Pallares, 1966 ( Argentina ) ; P. erythrum Hicks, 1971 (Aotearoa, New Zealand ); P. hartmannorum Tiemann, 1978 ; P. algoense Hicks, 1982 (East and West coast of South Africa ); P. hormosirii Harris & Robertson, 1994 ; P. ocellum Harris & Robertson, 1994 ; P. pulchrum Harris & Robertson, 1994 ; P. erythrogastrum Harris & Robertson, 1994 ; P. naviculum Harris & Robertson, 1994 ; P. phyllosporum Harris & Robertson, 1994 ; P. londonarum Harris, 1994 (name correction for P. londonii by Wells, 2007); P. rastellum sp. nov. (East Coast of Australia ); P. ofunatense Harris & Iwasaki, 1996 ; P. kiiroum Harris & Iwasaki, 1996 ; P. akashimum Harris & Iwasaki, 1996 ; P. wandoensis Kim & Kim, 1997 ; P. brevicavum Kim & Kim, 1997 ( Japan and Korea ).