Genus Euphilomedes Poulsen, 1962

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Genus Euphilomedes Poulsen, 1962

Euphilomedes Poulsen, E.M. 1962. Ostracoda-Myodocopa. Part I: Cypridiniformes-Cypridinidae. Copenhagen : Andr. Fred. Host & Son Vol. 57 pp. 1-414.
Type species:
Euphilomedes nodosa Poulsen, 1962 by subsequent designation, see Kornicker, L.S. 1967. The Myodocopid Ostracode Families Philomedidae and Pseudophilomedidae (New Family). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120(3580): 1-35 [1].

Introduction

There are 25 described species. A key to species in the genus is presented in Karanovic (2010).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, NE coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic

Distribution References

Kornicker, L. 1995. Ostracoda (Myodocopina) of the SE Australian Continental Slope, Part 2. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 562: 1-97 [16]

Diagnosis

Carapace without ornamentation other than punctae, with shallow incisur, and without caudal process. Second antenna: endopod of male 3-segmented, reflexed. Mandibula: dorsal margin of 2nd endopod with bristles forming 3 group, end segment with no more than 2 claws. Rod-shaped organ: organ unsegmented, broadening in middle and tapering distally. Furca: claws 1, 2 and 4 primary; claw 3 and claws posterior to claw 4 secondary.