On the recent Cyclocypridinae (Podocopida, Candonidae) with description of two new genera and one new species 2820
Author
Karanovic, Ivana
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Zootaxa
2011
2011-04-14
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2820.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2820.1.1
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Keysercypria pellucida
(
Sars, 1901
)
(
Figures 16C–F
)
1901
Cypria pellucida
Sars
: p. 37, Pl. 8,
Figs 7
,
8
? 1905
Cypria pellucida
Sars
—Daday: p. 255, Pl. 16,
Figs 10–15
non 1933
Cypria pellucida
Sars
—Furtos: p. 467, Pl. 15,
Figs 15–17
.
Redescription.
Female: Carapace ovoid in lateral view, with dorsal margin almost evenly rounded. LV overlapping RV on all free margins. RV without marginal tubercles along free margin (
Figure 16F
).
T2 (
Figure 16E
): Basal seta missing. Setae “e” and “f” reaching distal end of following segments. Seta “h3” on terminal segment short, reaching only 1/3 of L of terminal claw. Terminal claw as long as three distal segments combined.
T3 (
Figure 16C
): Setae “e”, “f” and “g” all being very short. Terminal segment almost as wide as long, L ratios between three distal setae (of which h1 and h2 being almost claw-like) 1: 2.2: 5.
UR (
Figure 16D
): L ratios between anterior margin, anterior, and posterior claw equaling 1.7: 1.4: 1. Posterior seta, long and inserted slightly more proximally on posterior margin.
Remarks and Affinities.
Keysercypria pellucida
(
Sars, 1901
)
was described only after females, and the original description (
Sars 1901
) contains only the appearance of the carapace. I checked the
type
material and provide some additional drawings. Unfortunately, the slide contains only an undissected female, so my observations were limited.
Daday (1905)
, reported the species from
Paraguay
, and he described the male as well. However, the male’s UR has a very short posterior seta, which is not the case in the female (
Figure 16D
). I was able to check Daday’s material but, unfortunately, all the slides are in such a bad state that it is not possible to draw any conclusion and all would need remounting to be able to verify the identity of the species Daday was dealing with.
Furtos (1933)
reported the species from Ohio, but this is definitely not even a representative of the genus
Keysercypria
,
since it has long “e” and “f” setae on the T3 and equally long “h1” and “h2” setae on the T3. This was also noted by
Klie (1940)
. If we accept that Daday’s finding was not of
K. pellucida
, then both,
K. pellucida
and
K. circinata
(
Würdig & Pinto, 1993
)
are described only after females and they differ from
K. obtusa
only by slightly higher valves in the lateral view. Since I had an opportunity to study the
type
material of both
K. pellucida
and
K. obtusa
, it is indeed difficult to find out any further morphological difference between the two species.