Genus Pterocypridina Poulsen, 1962
- Pterocypridina Poulsen, E.M. 1962. Ostracoda-Myodocopa. Part I: Cypridiniformes-Cypridinidae. Copenhagen : Andr. Fred. Host & Son Vol. 57 pp. 1-414. [234].
Type species:
Pterocypridina excreta Poulsen, 1962 by subsequent designation, see Kornicker, L.S. 1975. Antarctic Ostracoda (Myodocopina), Parts 1 & 2. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 163: 1-720 [67].
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Off Thailand, Singapore, SE Australia, and SE North America.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Carapace with lateral process. First antenna: proximal filament of b- and c-bristles on male with large disclike sucker. Second antenna: endopod short, 1-segmented. Maxilla: exopod well-developed; 1st endopodal segment broad with cutting tooth. Sixth limb: 6 to 8 bare bristles in place of epipod; posterior bristles of end segment not markedly different from remaining bristles of segment. Seventh limb: sclerotised ridge opposite comb with several small teeth. Furca: 2nd, or 2nd and 4th claws united to lamella.
Diagnosis References
Kornicker, L.S. 1975. Antarctic Ostracoda (Myodocopina), Parts 1 & 2. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 163: 1-720 [142]
General References
Kornicker, L.S. & Poore, G.C.B. 1996. Ostracoda (Myodocopina) of the SE Australian Continental Slope, Part 3. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 573: 1-186 [67]
History of changes
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