Genus Herpetocythere Hart & Hart, 1967
- Herpetocythere Hart, C.W. Jr & Hart, D.G. 1967. The enthocytherid ostracods of Australia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119(1): 1-51 [18].
Type species:
Herpetocythere australiensis Hart & Hart, 1967 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
Diagnosis
Terminal part of the mandibula truncate, maxillula with masticatory process. Dorsal claw on the antenna curved, with or without terminal setae. Distal portion of peniferum relatively wide in relation to proximal portion, terminating in two or three apposed points, non of which appears to be movable.
Diagnosis References
Hart, C.W. Jr & Hart, D.G. 1967. The enthocytherid ostracods of Australia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119(1): 1-51
General References
Hart, C.W. Jr & Hart, D.G. 1967. The enthocytherid ostracods of Australia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119(1): 1-51 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
History of changes
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28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |