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Philomedes Lilljeborg 1853

Description

Genus Philomedes Lilljeborg, 1853

This genus is represented by 12 species in the study area: Philomedes assimilis Brady, 1907, P. orbicularis Brady, 1907, P. charcoti Daday, 1908, P. rotunda Skogsberg, 1920, P. eugeniae Skogsberg, 1920, P. c u bi t u m Kornicker, 1975, P. minys Kornicker, 1975, P. lofthousae Kornicker, 1975, P. ramus Kornicker, 1975, P. subantarcticus Kornicker, 1975, P. heptathrix Kornicker, 1975 and P. tetrathrix Kornicker, 1975. P. fortax Kornicker, 1994, P.

pseudolofthousae Kornicker, 1994, P. p t y x Kornicker, 1994, P. sphinx Kornicker, 1994, P. thorax Kornicker, 1994 are all described from SE- Australia and have not been encountered in the Southern Ocean at present.

P. assimilis, P. orbicularis, P. charcoti, P. heptathrix, P. rotunda and P. tetrathrix were found in our material.

Notes

Published as part of Chavtur, Vladimir G. & Keyser, Dietmar, 2016, Benthic myodocopid Ostracoda (Philomedidae) from the Southern Ocean, pp. 1-70 in Zootaxa 4141 (1) on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4141.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/260445

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Philomedidae
Genus
Philomedes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Myodocopida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Lilljeborg
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Philomedes Lilljeborg, 1853 sec. Chavtur & Keyser, 2016

References

  • Brady, G. S. (1907) Crustacea, V: Ostracoda. In: Reports of National Antarctic Expedition of the SS Discovery, 1901 - 1904, Natural History British Museum, 3, pp. 1 - 9.
  • Daday, E. de (1908) Ostracodes marins. In: Joubin, L. (Ed.), Expedition Antarctique Francaise (1903 - 1905) commonde par le Dr. Jean Charcot, 1908, pp. 1 - 15.
  • Skogsberg, T. (1920) Studies on Marine Ostracods Part I (Cypridinids, Halocyprids and Polycopids). Zoologiska Bidrag fran Uppsala, 1 (Supplement), 1 - 784.
  • Kornicker, L. S. (1975) Antarctic Ostracoda (Myodocopina). Part 1. Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology, 163, 1 - 374.