Genus Vestalenula Rossetti & Martens, 1998

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• Vestalenula Rossetti, G. & Martens, K. 1998. Taxonomic revision of the Recent and Holocene representatives of the Family Darwinulidae (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with description of three new genera. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 68: 55-110 [65].

  Type species:

   Darwinula boteai Danielopol, 1970 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal
• New Caledonia

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Diagnosis

Small darwinulids, with valves elongate or short and subquadrate. RV with postero-ventral, external keel, the latter short or elongate. Left valve with long or short internal teeth. First segment of antennula with one dorsal seta, second segment with two ventral setae; fourth segment without ventro-apical seta. Antenna with one long seta and a spine on exopod. Adults mostly with caudal ramus, post abdomen smooth or absent.

 

Diagnosis References

Rossetti, G. & Martens, K. 1998. Taxonomic revision of the Recent and Holocene representatives of the Family Darwinulidae (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with description of three new genera. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 68: 55-110 [65]

 

General References

Rossetti, G. & Martens, K. 1999. Contribution to taxonomy and distribution of the genus Vestalenula Rossetti & Martens, 1998 (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Darwinulidae), with the description of two new species. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 69: 57-66 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

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