Subgenus Candonopsis (Candonopsis) Vávra, 1891

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Regional Maps

• Candonopsis Vávra, V. 1891. Monographie der Ostracoden Bohmens. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 8: 1-116 [54].

  Type species:

   Candona kingsleii Brady & Robertson, 1870 (=Candonopsis kingsleii (Brady & Robertson, 1890)) by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Diagnosis

Carapace reniform, triangular or trapezoidal. Valve surface smooth or ornamented. Antennula 7-segmented. Exopod on antenna with one long and two short setae. Seta z2 in males transformed into long claw, setae z1 and z3 seta-like or z1 claw-like, but much shorter than z2. Terminal segment of maxillular palp trapezoidal. Male prehensile palps asymmetrical. Second thoracopod with basal seta. Third thoracopod with Tf seta, terminal segment with one short and two short setae. Caudal ramus without posterior seta. Zenker's organ with 5+2 rows of lines. Genital field in female rounded.

 

Diagnosis References

Karanovic, I. & Marmonier, P. 2002. On the genus Candonopsis (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Candoninae) in Australia, with a key to the world recent species. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 38(3): 199-240 [202]

 

General References

Karanovic, I. & Marmonier, P. 2002. On the genus Candonopsis (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Candoninae) in Australia, with a key to the world recent species. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 38(3): 199-240 [202]

Vávra, V. 1891. Monographie der Ostracoden Bohmens. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 8: 1-116

 

History of changes

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