Genus Scleroconcha Skogsberg, 1920
- Scleroconcha Skogsberg, T. 1920. Studies on Marine Ostracods, I: Cypridinids, Halocyprids, and Polycopids. Zoologiska Bidrag Från Uppsala 1: 1-784.
Type species:
Philomedes (Scleroconcha) appelloefi Skogsberg, 1920 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), 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: Central E coast, NE coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Carapace with horizontal ribs. Seventh limb: each limb with 10 to 23 bristles; margins of teeth of terminal comb smooth, alate, or with short or long teeth; 1 or 2 pegs present opposite comb. Furca: claw 3 of furca more slender and on some species, shorter than claw 4. Lateral eye: females without eyes or with small eyes with 2 or 3 ommatidia; males usually with large eyes.
Diagnosis References
Kornicker, L.S. 1975. Antarctic Ostracoda (Myodocopina), Parts 1 & 2. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 163: 1-720 [306]
General References
Kornicker, L.S. 1975. Antarctic Ostracoda (Myodocopina), Parts 1 & 2. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 163: 1-720 [306]
History of changes
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