Genus Penthesilenula Rossetti & Martens, 1998
- Penthesilenula Rossetti, G. & Martens, K. 1998. Taxonomic revision of the Recent and Holocene representatives of the Family Darwinulidae (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with description of three new genera. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 68: 55-110 [77].
Type species:
Darwinula incae Delachaux, 1928 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South Africa, Brazil, France, Ireland
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Diagnosis
Small (0.4 mm) to relatively large (0.8 mm) darwinulids. Subquadrate in lateral view. Large caudal brooding cavity visible externally. Left and right valves almost symmetrical. Left valve overlaps right one on all sides, except dorsal one. Left valve either with two rounded internal teeth, or with one pointed caudal internal tooth. Right valve without postero-ventral keel. First segment of antennula with two dorsal setae, second segment with three ventral setae and one dorsal seta. Exopod of antenna with two long setae and a spine, first endopodal segment with two ventro-apical setae.
Diagnosis References
Rossetti, G. & Martens, K. 1998. Taxonomic revision of the Recent and Holocene representatives of the Family Darwinulidae (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with description of three new genera. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 68: 55-110 [77]
General References
Rossetti, G. & Martens, K. 1998. Taxonomic revision of the Recent and Holocene representatives of the Family Darwinulidae (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with description of three new genera. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 68: 55-110
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |