Family LIMNOCYTHERIDAE Sars, 1925

Museums

Regional Maps

• Limnocytheridae Sars, G.O. 1925. Ostracoda. Parts V-X. pp. 73-176 in Sars, G.O. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. Bergen : Bergen Museum Vol. 9. [73].

  Type genus:

   Limnocythere Brady, 1867.

Introduction

The family comprises about 150-200 extant species. It is subdivided into two subfamilies: Limnocytherinae and Timiriaseviinae.

Diagnosis

Terminal aesthetasc of antennula basally fused with neighbouring seta. Antenna leg-shaped, with distinct knee joint and 3 terminal claws. Terminal segment of all 3 thoracopods (walking legs) fused with terminal claw, thoracopods thus appearing 4-segmented; terminal claw often with basal seta. Male copulatory tube very short.

Diagnosis References

Meisch, C. 2000. Freshwater Ostracoda of Western and Central Europe. Heidelberg, Berlin : Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Gmbh. Vol. 8/3 pp. 1-522. [424]

General References

Danielopol, D.L., Cabral, M.C., Lord, A., Carbonel, P., Gross, M., Stoica, M., Humphreys, W.F., Namiotko, T., Tóth, E., Külköylüoğlu, O., Piller, W.E. & Nunes, T 2018. Sieve-type pore canals in the Timiriaseviinae—A contribution to the comparative morphology and the systematics of the Limnocytheridae (Ostracoda, Crustacea). Zootaxa 4495(1): 1-64

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