Genus Darwinula Brady & Robertson, 1885
- Darwinula Jones, T.R. 1885. On the Ostracoda of the Purbeck Formation; with notes on the Wealden species. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 41: 311-353 [346].
Type species:
Polycheles stevensoni Brady & Robertson, 1870 (=Darwinula stevensoni (Brady & Robertson, 1870)) by original designation.
Distribution
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Antarctic Region
Australian Region
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Diagnosis
Elongate and large (0.7 mm) darwinulids, without internal teeth in the left valve and without ventral keel on the right valve. Valves with right/left overlap. Dorsal margin evenly sloping, not rounded or straight over parts of its length. In frontal view left and right valves almost symmetrical. First segment on the antennula with two dorsal setae, second segment with one dorsal and three ventral setae; fourth segment of endopodite with two dorsal setae. Antenna with two long setae and a spine on exopodite; first endopodal segment with two ventro-apical setae. Penultimate segment of the first thoracopod with two setae. Postabdomen absent. Caudal ramus absent in adults, present in juveniles.
Diagnosis References
Rossetti, G. & Martens, K. 1998. Taxonomic revision of the Recent and Holocene representatives of the Family Darwinulidae (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with description of three new genera. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 68: 55-110
General References
Martens, K. & Rossetti, G. 1997. On two new species of Darwinula Brady and Robertson, 1885 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from South African dolomitic springs. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 67: 57-66 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Martens, K. & Rossetti, G. 2002. On the Darwinulidae (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Oceania. Invertebrate Taxonomy 16: 195-208 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Rossetti, G. & Martens, K. 1996. Redescription and morphological variability od Darwinula stevensoni (Brady & Robertson, 1870) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 66: 73-92 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Rossetti, G. & Martens, K. 1998. Taxonomic revision of the Recent and Holocene representatives of the Family Darwinulidae (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with description of three new genera. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 68: 55-110 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
History of changes
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| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |