Species Cythere melobesioides Brady, 1869

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cythere melobesioides Brady, G.S. 1869. Entomostracés. pp. 113-176 in De Folin, A.G.L. & Périer, L. (eds). Les fonds de la Mer. Paris : Savy Vol. 1. [Pages 113-176 published in 1869 (see Rehder 1946)] [162].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (Possible type in the British Natural History Museum: 1880.38.92 (see Puri & Hulings, 1976 & Dingle et al 1990)), Mauritius.

  Secondary source:

   Rehder, H.A. 1946. Additional notes on the dates of publication of Les Fonds de la Mer. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 27(2): 74-75 [75].

 

Generic Combinations

• Echinocythereis melobesioides (Brady, 1869). —
  Yassini, I. & Wright, A.J. 1988. Distribution and Ecology of Recent Ostracodes (crustacea) from Port Hacking, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 110(2): 159-174 [169] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Recorded from Port Hedland, WA, Darwin, NT, Round (Booby) Island, western Torres Strait, QLD, and Port Hacking and Lake Illawarra, NSW; widespread in the Indo-Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Brady, G.S. 1880. Report on the Ostracoda dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876: Zoology Vol 1. 1-184 pp. [108, pl.18, fig. 1a-g]

Dingle, R.V., Lord A.R., & Boomer, I.D. 1990. Deep-water quaternary ostracoda from the continental margin off south-western Africa (SE Atlantic Ocean). Annals of the South African Museum 99(7-12): 245-366 [311-313] (as Henryhowella melobesioides)

Howe, H.V. & McKenzie, K.G. 1989. Recent marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Darwin and north-Western Australia. Monograph series of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3: 1-50 [40] (as Echinocythereis melobesioides)

Puri, H.S. & Hulings, N.C. 1976. Description of lectotypes of some ostracods from the Challenger Expedition. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 29: 251-315 [255, pl. 25, figs 1-2]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	CYTHEROCOPINA Baird, 1850	30-May-2019	ADDED