Genus Sarsiella Norman, 1869

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Regional Maps

• Sarsiella Norman, A.M. 1869. Shetland final dredging report, pt. II: on the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. Report of the 38th Meeting of the British Association of Advanced Science. 247-336 pp. [293].

  Type species:

   Sarsiella capsula Norman, 1869 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic off the west coast of Africa, in the vicinity of Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, and Australia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Carapace of female without prominent rostrum. First antenna: d-bristle on 8th segment. Second antenna: endopod on female 1-segmented; endopod on male limb either 1- or 3-segmented. Mandibula: in female without exopod. Sixth limb: with only 1 distinct segment. Seventh limb: male limb generally bare. Eyes present in both sexes. Furca: each lamella with 5 claws.

 

Diagnosis References

Kornicker, L.S. 1975. Antarctic Ostracoda (Myodocopina), Parts 1 & 2. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 163: 1-720 [571]

 

General References

Kornicker, L. 1995. Five new eulittoral Sarsiellidae from Western Australia. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 92: 175-195 [176]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Feb-2014	Sarsiellinae Brady & Norman, 1896	11-Feb-2014	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED