Genus Leptocythere Müller, 1927
- Leptocythere Müller, G.W. 1927. Ostracoda. pp. 399-434 in Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, Th. (eds). Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tiereiches. Berlin : W. de Gruyter Bd 7, Hft 2 xi 899 pp. [Date published 1927–1934] [432].
Type species:
Cythere pellucida Baird, 1850 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Worldwide.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, NW coast
- South Australia: SE coastal
Diagnosis
Carapace oblong-elongate, moderately compressed laterally; anterior end broadly rounded, posterior end posteroventrally rounded, subacute posterodorsally. Dorsal margin slightly convex to almost straight, ventral margin distinctly sinuous. Maximum height anteriorly, and equal to less than half length. Carapace smooth or ornamented. Inner lamella widest anteriorly and posteroventrally. Anterior vestibulum well developed, posteroventral vestibulum narrow, elongate, with free part of inner lamella occasionally showing areas of secondary fusion. Marginal pore canals few, typically branching (bi-, tri-, or polyfurcate). Hinge amphidont/archidont.
Diagnosis References
History of changes
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