Genus Kennethia De Deckker, 1979
- Kennethia De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [441].
Type species:
Kennethia cristata De Deckker, 1979 by original designation.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- New Caledonia
Diagnosis
Carapace with polygonal elevations. Spines sometimes present in posterodorsal area of shell; carapace triangular in shape when viewed from anterior, ventral area flat and ridged and surrounded on sides by broad lists. Broad and ribbed outer lamella on left valve in dorsal area. Two small eye tubercles in anterodorsal area of shell. Presence of many hairs on outside of shell.
Diagnosis References
De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [441]
General References
De Deckker, P. 1979. Comparative morphology and review of Australian Notodromadinae Kaufmann 1900 (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59(5/6): 417-463 [441]
History of changes
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30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |