What is "gondwanothrix"

Gondwanothrix halsei is a species of small crustaceans (ca. ) within the order Cladocera, in the suborder Anomopoda, placed in its own family, Gondwanotrichidae. It exists in a macrotrichid habitus found in humic coastal dune lakes and swamps in southwest Western Australia. The species' type locality is Angove Lake in the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve .