Genus Alternochelata Kornicker, 1958

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Genus Alternochelata Kornicker, 1958

Alternochelata Kornicker, L.S. 1958. Ecology and taxonomy of recent marine ostracodes in the Bimini area, Great Bahama Bank. Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, University of Texas 5: 194-300 [237] [as subgenus of Rutiderma Brady & Norman].
Type species:
Rutiderma (Alternochelata) polychelata Kornicker, 1958 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Great Bahama Bank, off Mauritania, Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Gulf or Mexico.

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

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Distribution References

Kornicker, L.S. 1983. Rutidematidae of the Continental Shelf of Southeastern North America and the Gulf of Mexico (Ostracoda: Myodocopina). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 371: 1-86 [16]

Diagnosis

Furca with secondary claws alternating with primary claws.

Diagnosis References

Kornicker, L.S. 1983. Rutidematidae of the Continental Shelf of Southeastern North America and the Gulf of Mexico (Ostracoda: Myodocopina). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 371: 1-86 [16] (from the key to the genera of Rutidermatidae)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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