Genus Notacandona Karanovic & Marmonier, 2003

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• Notacandona Karanovic, I. & Marmonier, P. 2003. Three new genera and nine new species of the subfamily Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Podocopida) from the Pilbara Region (Western Australia). Beaufortia 53(1): 1-51 [39].

  Type species:

   Notacandona modesta Karanovic & Marmonier, 2003 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Karanovic, I. 2007. Candoninae ostracodes from the Pilbara region in Western Australia. Crustaceana Monographs 7: 432 pp.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Diagnosis

Valves triangular, ornamented, marginal zone wide. Antennula 5-segmented: third and fourth as well as fifth and sixth endopodal segments being fused. Posteriorly chitinous membrane between fused segments uninterrupted, while anteriorly sometimes with one seta on the point of fusion between third and fourth segments. Exopodite of antenna plate with two short and one distinctly longer seta. Second segment of mandibular palp without any seta; penultimate segment with three setae intero-medially; L : W ratio of terminal segment less than 3 : 1, terminal claw not so well sclerotised and fused with same segment. Third endite of maxillula with two smooth claws. One "Ta" on first thoracopod developed. Second thoracopod 5-segmented; basal segment without seta; penultimate segment with short seta. Third thoracopod 5-segmented; basal segment with d1, d2, dp setae; terminal segment with two short (Th1 and Th2) and one long (Th3) seta, and the beginning of its last third with spines. Caudal ramus with both claws and setae developed. Hemipenis with lobe "a" which is square-shaped but not extended dorsally; lobe "b" with acutiform, well-sclerotised extension positioned medially; "h" double-folded and not sclerotised; "g" flat and only weakly sclerotised. Female genital lobe without any extensions.

 

Diagnosis References

Karanovic, I. & Marmonier, P. 2003. Three new genera and nine new species of the subfamily Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Podocopida) from the Pilbara Region (Western Australia). Beaufortia 53(1): 1-51 [39]

 

General References

Karanovic, I. & Marmonier, P. 2003. Three new genera and nine new species of the subfamily Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Podocopida) from the Pilbara Region (Western Australia). Beaufortia 53(1): 1-51 [39]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED