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Issue: Vol. 4444 No. 5: 12 Jul. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-07-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.5.3
Page range: 537–560
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Septemoecia a new genus of halocyprid ostracod (Myodocopa, Halocyprididae, Bathyconchoeciinae) for the seven-spined species formerly attributed to Bathyconchoecia

Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW17.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, Laboratório de Geologia e Geofísica Marinha e Monitoramento Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte​, ​Campus Universitário Lagoa Nova​, CEP 59072-970 - Natal, RN – Brasil, ​Postbox: 1596
Crustacea taxonomy zoogeography plankton deep sea deep-living meristics oceanic

Abstract

The five species with seven large carapace spines that were previously assigned to the genus Bathyconchoecia are re-classified in a new genus Septemoecia. Septemoecia longispinata (Ellis, 1987) (new combination) is designated as the type species. The previously unknown adult female of S. georgei (Kornicker & Rudjakov, 2004) (new combination) and adults of S. septemspinosa (Angel, 1970) (new combination) are described. Meristic and zoogeographical data are presented and a key to the species based on external carapace characters is provided.

 

 

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