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Malawidopsis undefined-d

  • 1. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Natural Environments, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium & Ghent University, Biology, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Description

Malawidopsis spec. D gen. et sp. nov.

Fig. 18D

Abbreviated description: Cp elongated, with RV widely overlapping LV antero- and postero-ventrally, where valves are gaping. In dorsal view, Cp relatively wide and with rounded lateral sides. External valve surface smooth, set with few setae and pits.

Measurements: length of female = 470–493 µm.

Locality: Metangula, Mozambique at 7 m depth (21/3/1999).

Notes

Published as part of Jacobs, Bram & Martens, Koen, 2022, An endemic species flock of Cypridopsinae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the ancient Lake Malawi (Africa), with the description of a new genus and three new species, pp. 301-348 in Zootaxa 5100 (3) on page 332, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6201242

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Biodiversity

Event date
1999-03-21
Family
Cyprididae
Genus
Malawidopsis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Podocopida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
undefined-d
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1999-03-21