Morphology and Ecology of Two Podocopid Ostracodes from Redfish Bay, Texas

Ecology and shell chemistry of Loxoconcha matagordensis

“…Elliott et al (1966) also found that Loxoconcha matagordensis lived almost exclusively on Zostera in the Rappahannock River. Additionally, Grossman (1965) and Morales (1966) also found it was the dominant species in Redfish Bay, Texas and Laguna de Terminos, Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico. King and Kornicker (1970) carried out seasonal sampling of ostracodes in Texas bays in [1958][1959] and observed that Loxoconcha matagordensis was rare (b50 individuals per m 2 ) during winter months, increased during spring (~200 individuals per m 2 ) and rose sharply to peak abundance in July (~600 per m 2 ) (Fig.…”

Ostracoda in Texas Bays and Lagoons: An Ecologic Study

“…The help of these individuals is deeply appreciated. Funds from grant NSF-G-10869 were also used to support the work of Dr. Stuart Grossman, who made a detailed study of the two most abundant species in Redfish Bay (Grossman, 1965). The collections remained idle during 1960.…”

“…Although species have been found on mud to sand substrates and several burrowers have been reported (Elofson, 1941), many species live in shallow marine habitats rich in plants. Grossman (1965) reported that the appendages of Loxoconcha purisubrhomboidea are adapted for crawling about on vegetation. Loxoconcha 43 lenticulata was reported living in slightly hypersaline waters in association with filigreed algae by Benson (1959).…”

“…That paper summarizes some material presented in a thesis by Engel (1956) and in a major paper on the ostracods of San Antonio Bay by Swain (1955). The morphology and ecology of the two dominant species in Redfish Bay, Loxoconcha purisubrhomboidea and Aurila conradi littorala, were reported on by Grossman (1965), who suggested that L. purisubrhomboidea lives on vegetation, whereas A. conradi littorala lives on the silty mud bottom. 1 A problem in comparing studies of different authors is the use of different names for the same taxon.…”