Species Sheina orri Harding, 1966

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Regional Maps

• Sheina orri Harding, J.P. 1966. Myodocopan ostracods from the gills and nostrils of fishes. pp. 369-374 in Barnes, H. (ed.). Some Contemporary Studies in Marine Science. London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd. [371].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1965.11.9.1 ♂, Australia, Queensland, Heron Island.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1965.11.9.2-11 11♂, 4♀, 8 juv., Australia, Queensland, Heron Island.

  Type host:

   Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) [DASYATIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp., NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endocommensal.

 

General References

Harding, J.P. 1966. Myodocopan ostracods from the gills and nostrils of fishes. pp. 369-374 in Barnes, H. (ed.). Some Contemporary Studies in Marine Science. London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd. [371]

Kornicker, L.S. 1986. Redescription of Sheina orri Harding, 1966, a Myodocopid ostracode collected on fishes off Queensland, Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99(4): 639-646 [639]

Kornicker, L.S. 1996. Ostracoda (Myodocopina) from shallow waters of the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 578: 1-97 [16]

 

History of changes

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