Ostracoda (Myodocopa) from Anchialine Caves and Ocean Blue Holes
Author
Kornicker, Louis S.
Author
Iliffe, Thomas M.
Author
Harrison-Nelson, Elizabeth
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-08-31
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1565.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1565.1.1
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Spelaeoecia sagax
Kornicker
1990
in
Kornicker
et al.
1990
Spelaeoecia sagax
Kornicker 1990
, in
Kornicker
et al.
1990: 15
, figs. 9–13.
Holotype
.
USNM 193446
, adult male.
Type locality.
Sagittarius Blue Hole, Sweeting’s Cay,
Grand Bahama
Island, Little Bahama Bank.
Material.
Sagittarius Blue Hole:
29 May 1989
:
USNM 1021402
,
2 specimens
(
1 adult
male,
1 adult
female);
29 Mar 1991
:
USNM 1021403
,
10 specimens
(
4 adult
males,
6 adult
females);
Sta
00-002:
USNM 1021404
,
5 specimens
;
Sta
01-016:
USNM 1021405
,
31 specimens
.
Virgo Blue Hole
,
Sweeting's Cay
,
Grand Bahama
Island
,
Little Bahama Bank
,
Sta
01-015:
USNM 1021406
,
3 specimens
(
1 adult
male)
.
Distribution.
Little Bahama Bank, Sweeting's Cay (Sagittarius Blue Hole and Virgo Blue Hole).
Supplementary descriptions.
Carapace size
(length, height in mm): Adult male: USNM 1021402, 1.68, 0.94. Adult female: USNM 1021402, 1.75, 0.93.
Remarks.
Kornicker
et al.
(1990: 15)
reported this species in Sagittarius Blue Hole from collections made in 1984 and 1987. The present collections made in 1989, 1991, and 2002 show that the species has continued to inhabit the cave and was not affected by intermediate climatic events. The species is reported for the first time from Virgo Blue Hole.