Genus Xestoleberis Sars, 1866

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Genus Xestoleberis Sars, 1866

Xestoleberis Sars, G.O. 1866. Oversigt af Norges Marine Ostracoder. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania 1865: 1-130 [66].
Type species:
Cythere aurantia Baird, 1838 by subsequent designation, see Brady, G.S. & Norman, A.M. 1889. A monograph of the marine and freshwater Ostracoda of the North Atlantic and of Northwestern Europe. Section I: Podocopa. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4(2): 63-270.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), 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: Bass Strait, Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast
- Western Australia: Lower W coast

Diagnosis

Shell tumid, narrow in front. Valves slightly unequal, surface smooth. Eyes well developed. Terminal segment of the antenna with two claws. Vibratory plate of the mandibula small, carrying only two setae. Vibratory plate of the maxillula without any deflexed setae at the basis. Legs short and stout. Caudal ramus with two short bristles. Hemipenis well developed with the terminal part rather narrow, deflexed.

Diagnosis References

Sars, G.O. 1928. Ostracoda, parts XV & XVI, Cytheridae (concluded). pp. 243-277 in Sars, G.O. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. Bergen : Bergen Museum Vol. IX 277 pp.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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