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 capax
Kornicker
1990
in
Kornicker
et al.
1990
Spelaeoecia capax
Kornicker
1990
in
Kornicker
et al.
1990: 23
, fig. 14.—
Kornicker & Iliffe 1998: 10
, figs. 3a,
4–16.— 2000
: 85.
Holotype
.
USNM 193449
, empty carapace in alcohol (sex and age unknown).
Type locality.
Alfonso Dean Blue Hole,
Long Island
, Great Bahama Bank.
Material.
Oven Rock Cave
,
Great Guana Cay
:
Sta
98-010:
USNM 1021384
,
7 specimens
in alcohol (
3 adult
males,
3 adult
females,
1 juvenile
).
Sta
98-012:
USNM 1021385
,
3 specimens
in alcohol (
1 adult
male,
1 adult
female, 1 A-
1 male
).
Sta
98-014:
USNM 1021386
,
1 adult
female in alcohol.
Sta
99-066:
USNM 1021387
,
1 adult
male in alcohol;
USNM 1021388
,
2 adult
females in alcohol.
Sta
00-005:
USNM 1021389
,
6 specimens
(
2 adult
males,
3 adult
females,
1 juvenile
)
.
Sta
01-013:
USNM 1021390
,
8 specimens
including adult males.
Distribution.
Great Bahama Bank:
Exuma
Cays: Great Guana Cay (Oven Rock Cave) and Lee Stocking Island, Norman’s Pond Cay (Norman’s Pond Cave).
Long Island
(Alphonso Dean Blue Hole).
Supplementary descriptions.
Carapace size
(length, height in mm): Adult male: USNM 1021418, 2.88, 1.33. Adult female:
USNM 1021387
,
2 specimens
: 2.90, 1.38; 3.05, 1.38.
USNM 1021389
,
2 specimens
: 3.08, 1.41; 3.01, 1.44.
Remarks.
This species was previously reported in Oven Rock Cave in 1993 (
Kornicker & Iliffe 1998: 90
, 91) and 1996 (
Kornicker & Iliffe 2000: 93
). The present collection shows that the species continued to be in the cave from 1993 to 2000 and was not affected by climatic events.