Genus Microcythere Müller, 1894

Museums

Regional Maps

• Microcythere Müller, G.W. 1894. Die Ostracoden des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Naples : Sta. Zool. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel, Monographie Vol. 21 pp. 1-404. [327].

  Type species:

   Microcythere inflexa G.W. Müller, 1894 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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

Diagnosis

Carapace elongate, ovate; height 1/2 length. Ventral margin slightly sinuate, dorsal margin arched, with or without prominent cardinal angles. Ventral surface of carapace flattened. Both ends rounded. Valves thin and fragile, surface smooth or very faintly pitted. Inner lamella wide at both ends, narrower in oral region. Large anterior vestibule and generally only slightly smaller posterior vestibule present. Inner margin exhibits "S"-shaped course at anterior, elsewhere position variable. Marginal pore canals numerous, mostly simple, straight and short. Hinge variable.

 

Diagnosis References

Morkhoven, van F.P.C.M. 1963. Post-Palaeozoic Ostracoda, their Morphology, Taxonomy and Economic Use. Amsterdam-London-New York : Elsevier Publishing Company Vol. 2 pp. 1-478. [272]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019	CYTHEROCOPINA Baird, 1850	09-Jul-2019	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED