Genus Acandona Karanovic, 2003

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• Acandona Karanovic, I. 2003. A new genus of Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candonidae) from the subterranean waters of southwestern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 21: 315-332 [316].

  Type species:

   Acandona admiratio Karanovic, 2003 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Carapace subtriangular to triangular. Left valve overlaps right valve dorsally with flange. Valves asymmetrical. Valve surface smooth. Antennula 7-segmented. Male antenna with developed sexual bristles. Exopodite of same appendage with two short and one long seta. Mandibular palp with 3+2 setae in bunch on second segment, same segment externally with two setae; penultimate segment with three setae externally, and four setae distally to intero-distally; gamma seta smooth. Terminal segment with central claw fused with segment, which is squarish. Maxillular palp with rectangular terminal segment and same segment with six appendages (two claw-like; four seta-like). Male prehensile palps strongly asymmetrical, right one robust; both palps with two subterminal sclerotised structures well developed. Exopodite of first thoracopod with two setae. Same appendage with one "Ta" seta present on protopodite as well as "Tb" and "Td" setae. Second thoracopod 5-segmented; basal segment with seta. Third thoracopod 5-segmented; basal segment with all three setae, or seta "d2" missing. Penultimate segment clearly divided, and with "Tf" seta present or absent; terminal segment with setae "Th2" and "Th3" long, while seta "Th1" short. Caudal ramus with all setae and claws developed. Hemipenis with lateral shield subdivided into two lobes, "a1" triangular and extended from rest of hemipenis parts, while “a2” rounded. "M"-process very weakly sclerotised. Lobes "b" and "h" present. Zenker's organ with seven rows of spines.

 

Diagnosis References

Karanovic, I. 2003. A new genus of Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candonidae) from the subterranean waters of southwestern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 21: 315-332 [316]

 

General References

Karanovic, I. 2003. A new genus of Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candonidae) from the subterranean waters of southwestern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 21: 315-332 [316]

Karanovic, I. 2003. A new genus of Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candonidae) from the subterranean waters of southwestern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 21: 315-332 [316] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED