Genus Rheina Kornicker, 1989
- Rheina Kornicker, L.S. 1989. Bathyal and Abyssal Myodocopid Ostracoda of the Bay of Biscay and vicinity. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 467: 1-134 [46].
Type species:
Rheina prex Kornicker, 1989 by original designation.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Atlantic (Spain, France) and Australia (Tasmania).
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Carapace elongate, having caudal process curving upward and with truncate tip; type species large: length of female 3.72 mm, male 3.29 mm. First antenna: sensory bristle of 5th segment with long slender proximal and short distal filaments; filaments of male sensory bristle not broad. Second antenna: endopod of male and female similar, 3-segmented — 1st segment with 5 bristles; 2nd segment elongate; 3rd segment short with long terminal bristle; bristle of 2nd exopodal segment with numerous ventral spines. Furca: 9 claws on female and 7 on male; claw 2 fused to lamella. Bellonci organ: short, cylindrical, with rounded tip.
Diagnosis References
Kornicker, L.S. 1989. Bathyal and Abyssal Myodocopid Ostracoda of the Bay of Biscay and vicinity. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 467: 1-134 [45]
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 [95]
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