West African Myodocopid Ostracoda (Cypridinidae, Philomedidae)

Abstract

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The Silurian myodocope ostracodeEntomozoefrom the Pentland Hills, Scotland: its taxonomic, ecological and phylogenetic significance and the affinity of the bolbozoid myodocopes

“…5-10). Benthic from intertidal to abyssal depths, they also show vertical migrations associated with mating (Kornicker 1975a(Kornicker , 1977(Kornicker , 1978(Kornicker , 1981b(Kornicker , 1982(Kornicker , 1984Cohen 1982).…”

“…Benthic/pelagic or exclusively pelagic, all Recent forms are good swimmers and the family is known from shallow to abyssal depths from all oceans. They are scavengers, carnivores or detrital feeders (Kornicker 1970(Kornicker , 1975a(Kornicker , 1977 and can produce nocturnal bioluminescence patterns (Morin 1986;Cohen & Morin 1986). Cypridinids of similar morphology are known from the Jurassic (Dzik 1978), Triassic (Weitschat 1983a(Weitschat , 1983b, Carboniferous (Bless 1971(Bless , 1973Sohn 1977;Kornicker 1981a) Devonian (Kesling & Plock 1960) and Silurian (Siveter et al 1987).…”

Euphilomedes biacutidens(Ostracoda, Myodocopida, Philomedidae), a new species from China Sea

“…The obvious characteristics of E. biacutidens sp. nov. are the postero-dorsal and postero-ventral spines on the right valve; E. sinister Kornicker, 1974 (including two subspecies: E. sinister sinister Kornicker, 1974 and E. sinister pentathrix Kornicker & Caraion, 1977 ) also shows posterior spines, which is known only in the adult female. However, both species can be easily distinguished from each other by the following remarkable differences ( Table 2 ): (1) they have different carapace ornamentation; (2) E. biacutidens sp.…”

A new Euphilomedes Kornicker, 1967 (Myodocopida: Philomedidae) from Tasmania with a key to the species of the genus

“…Second antenna on second segment with five bristles ……E. pentathrix Kornicker and Caraion (1977) -Second antenna on second segment with two bristles… E. sinister Kornicker (1974) 15. The lower part of the posterior margin forming a short, broad process…………16 -Posterior margin rounded……………………………17 16.…”