''Limnocythere porphyretica'' is a species of

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group can ...

in family

Limnocytheridae Limnocytheridae is a family of ostracods, containing the following genera: *'' Cytheridella'' Daday, 1905 *'' Gomphocythere'' Sars Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the sever ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to Australia.

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* Limnocytheridae Freshwater crustaceans of Australia Vulnerable fauna of Australia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Crustaceans described in 1981 {{ostracod-stub