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
1565
1
1
151
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1565.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1565.1.1
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Pseudopolycope
Chavtur 1981
Type
species.
Pseudopolycope comandorica
Chavtur 1981
.
Composition and distribution.
Chavtur (1979
,
1981
,
1983
,
1984
,
1985
) referred 10 species to this genus mainly from the Canadian Basin, Arctic Ocean, Kuril and Commander Islands, Sea of
Japan
, and the Kuril- Kamchatka Trench ("far east seas and adjacent Pacific regions"), and presented a key to the genus (
Chavtur 1981: 60
;
1983: 95
). The new species described herein is the first from an anchialine habitat, depth
18 m
, and the first member of the genus reported from the Great Bahama Bank.
Kornicker (1959: 72)
previously reported
Eupolycope bahamensis
(
Kornicker 1959
) (
Chavtur 1981: 55
)
from shallow water in the vicinity of Bimini, Great Bahama Bank.
Remarks.
The new species is referred to the genus
Pseudopolycope
based on the "Key to the Genera of
Polycopinae
" in
Kornicker & Iliffe (1989b: 68)
, which is a translation of keys presented in
Chavtur (1981: 60
;
1983: 95
).