Genus Cypridinodes Brady, 1902

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Genus Cypridinodes Brady, 1902

Cypridinodes Brady, G.S. 1902. On new or imperfectly-known Ostracoda, chiefly from a collection in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 4: 179-211.
Type species:
Cypridinodes favus Brady, 1902 by original designation.

Introduction

There are 19 species in the genus (Rudjakov and Kornicker, 2008), with 5 recorded from Australia. The genus was reviewed by Rudjakov and Kornicker, 2010.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific Region; maximum depth 610 m.

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

Northern Shelf Province (25), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast

Distribution References

Kornicker, L.S. & Poore, G.C.B. 1996. Ostracoda (Myodocopina) of the SE Australian Continental Slope, Part 3. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 573: 1-186 [79]

Diagnosis

Carapace ovoid in lateral view with overhanging rostrum, fairly broad deep incisure, and caudal process; surface smooth, punctate, or with lateral projections and longitudinal ribs; some species with lunate process below incisure of right valve. First antenna: adult male with sucking discs on b- and c-bristles. Second antenna: endopod similar in male and female, 3-segmented: 1st segment with 4 or 5 bristles, 2nd segment bare or with small distal bristles, 3rd segment with long terminal filament. Maxilla: exopod small, 1st segment of endopod long, narrow. Sixth limb: end segment elongate, strongly tapering posteriorly, with 2 broad plumose bristles at tip. Seventh limb: terminus with large movable jaw opposite comb. Furca: each lamella with 6 to 8 claws; claw 2 either separated from lamella by suture or fused to lamella, remaining claws with basal suture.