Genus Gomphodella De Deckker, 1981

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• Gomphodella De Deckker, P. 1981. Taxonomy and ecological notes on some ostracods from Australian inland waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(3/4): 91-138 [132].

  Type species:

   Gomphodella maia De Deckker, 1981 by original designation.

Introduction

There are 8 species in the genus, all endemic to Australia.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Tas, WA: Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR)

Diagnosis

Females with brood chamber. Valve surface covered with prominent warts, sometimes also ornamented with pits and ridges. Sieve pore canals present. Hinge lophodont, left valve overlapping right one anteriorly and dorsally, right valve overlapping left one ventrally. Four muscle scars present. Antennula 5- or 6-segmented; fourth and fifth segments sometimes fused. Second segment of antennula without any seta posteriorly. Fusion zone between antennular aesthetasc and accompanying seta short. Antenna 4-segmented, terminal segment with three claws. Exopodite of mandibula with three rays, palp 4-segmented. Setae on penultimate and terminal segments of mandibular palp transformed into distally thick claws with bent, spine-like tips, and second segment of palp lacking seta on outer edge. Maxillular palp with incompletely divided segments. Females with two caudal rami, each consisting of two/three hirsute lobes and one/two furcal setae. Distal lobe of hemipenis prominent and articulated, triangular. Dorsal margin slightly curved, while ventral one extends into different shapes.

Diagnosis References

Karanovic, I. 2006. On the genus Gomphodella (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Limnocytheridae) with descriptions of three new species from Australia and redescription of the type species. Species Diversity 11: 99-135 [102]

General References

De Deckker, P. 1981. Taxonomy and ecological notes on some ostracods from Australian inland waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(3/4): 91-138 [132]

Karanovic, I. 2006. On the genus Gomphodella (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Limnocytheridae) with descriptions of three new species from Australia and redescription of the type species. Species Diversity 11: 99-135 [102]

Karanovic, I. 2009. Four new species of Gomphodella De Dekker, with a phylogenetic analysis and a key to the living representatives of the subfamily Timiriaseviinae (Ostracoda). Crustaceana 82(9): 1133-1176

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