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Echinocythereis
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cytheracea
Family:
Trachyleberididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Echinocythereis PURI, 1954
Type Species:
Cythereis garretti Howe & MCGUIRT, 1935
Images
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Fig. 261,3. *E. garretti (Howe & McGurt), Mio., USA(Fla.), 3a,b, LV lat., int., 3c, RV int., all X30 (178).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Like Trachyleberis but more inflated, with rounded rather than triangular posterior end; ornament of rounded spines superimposed on reticulations, concentrically arranged in many species; young molts may lack spines. Antennal muscle scar split into 2.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cytheracea
Family:
Trachyleberididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Echinocythereis PURI, 1954
Type Species:
Cythereis garretti Howe & MCGUIRT, 1935
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 261,3. *E. garretti (Howe & McGurt), Mio., USA(Fla.), 3a,b, LV lat., int., 3c, RV int., all X30 (178).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Like Trachyleberis but more inflated, with rounded rather than triangular posterior end; ornament of rounded spines superimposed on reticulations, concentrically arranged in many species; young molts may lack spines. Antennal muscle scar split into 2.