Genus Quadracythere Hornibrook, 1952

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Regional Maps

• Quadracythere Hornibrook, N. de B. 1952. Tertiary and recent marine Ostracoda of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 18: 1-82 [43].

  Type species:

   Cythere truncula Brady, 1898 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Diagnosis

Carapace subquadrate to ovate, short and wide. Greatest height nearly central. Carapace heavily reticulate. Prominent longitudinal dorsomarginal and even stronger keel-like ventromarginal ribs always present. Marginal pore canals numerous around anterior and posterior, mostly simple. Normal pores of sieve type. Hinge amphidont/heterodont.

 

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. [144]

 

General 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. [141]

 

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