Family CYLINDROLEBERIDIDAE Müller, 1906

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• Cylindroleberididae Müller, G.W. 1906. Die Ostracoden der Siboga-Expedition. Leiden : E. J. Brill 40 pp.

  Type genus:

   Cylindroleberis Brady, 1868.
• Asteropidae Brady, G.S. & Norman, A.M. 1896. A monograph of the marine and freshwater Ostracoda of the North Atlantic and north-western Europe. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 2 5: 621-784 [p. 628] [the family name Asteropidae was based on a preoccupied genus name (Asterope)].
• Asteropinae Müller, G.W. 1912. Ostracoda. Das Tierreich 31: 1-434 [p. 42].
• Cylindroleberidinae Müller, G.W. 1906. Die Ostracoden der Siboga-Expedition. Leiden : E. J. Brill 40 pp. [32].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sylvester-Bradley, P.C. 1961. Myodocopida. pp. 387-406 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas Press. [p. Q402]

Introduction

Cylindroleberidid ostracods are distinguished from other myodocopid families by their flat gills at the posterior of the body. Analyses based on morphological and molecular characters suggest cylindroleberidids are a monophyletic clade within the Myodocopa. The Cylindroleberididae have a global marine distribution and range from the intertidal to depths of 4500 metres. There are currently three subfamilies and 221 described species.

Diagnosis

(From Kornicker, 1975): Carapace in lateral view elongate to ovoid. Mandibula: coxa with scythe-shaped endite consisting of small ventral and large dorsal branches. Maxilla with 2 small segments, triangular epipodite, baleen comb, elongate basis, and 2-segmented endopod. Fifth limb: with long flat comb projecting anteriorly; comb with stout spinous lateral bristle and several slender bristles between stout bristle and ventral margin of comb; ventral margin of comb with numerous spinous bristles. Sixth limb: anterior margin without lobate endites; anteroventral end with lateral flap; anterior margin with 1 or more bristles. Seventh limb: present in both sexes, with 6 to 200 bristles. Gills: 7 or 8 flat gills present along each side of posterior.

ID Keys

An interactive web key to all species is available at: http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/marine/ostracods/InteractiveKey.htm

Diagnosis References

Kornicker, L.S. 1975. Antarctic Ostracoda (Myodocopina), Parts 1 & 2. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 163: 1-720 [375]

General References

Syme, A. & Poore, C.B. 2008. A Supplementary Description of Cypridina mariae and Rediagnosis of the Genus Cylindroleberis (Ostracoda: Myodocopa: Cylindroleberididae). PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 3(4): e1960

Syme, A. Poore, G.C.P. 2006. A checklist of species of Cylindroleberididae (Crustacea: Ostracoda). Museum Victoria Science Report 9: 1-20

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