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Limnocythere
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cytheracea
Family:
Limnocytheridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Limnocythere BRADY, 1868
Type Species:
*Cythere inopinata BAIRD, 1843
Images
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Fig. 235,2, *L. inopinata (Baird), Rec., NW.Eu., 2a,b, carapace \\mathbf{L}, dors., X50 (54), 2c,d, RV lat., LV lat., X40, 2e, LV int., X135 (2c-e, 88, permission of Mouton & Co., The Hague).
Synonyms
Limnicythere, Acanthopus, Limnocytheridea, Acanthobus, Limnicytheridea
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jurassic
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Recent
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Carapace thin, horny, with reticulate, tuberculate, or spiny surface. Marginal areas broad, with numerous straight radial pore canals, adductor scars 4, with crescentic antennal and oval mandibular scars in front and additional scars above.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cytheracea
Family:
Limnocytheridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Limnocythere BRADY, 1868
Type Species:
*Cythere inopinata BAIRD, 1843
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 235,2, *L. inopinata (Baird), Rec., NW.Eu., 2a,b, carapace \\mathbf{L}, dors., X50 (54), 2c,d, RV lat., LV lat., X40, 2e, LV int., X135 (2c-e, 88, permission of Mouton & Co., The Hague).
Synonyms
Limnicythere, Acanthopus, Limnocytheridea, Acanthobus, Limnicytheridea
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jurassic
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Recent
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Carapace thin, horny, with reticulate, tuberculate, or spiny surface. Marginal areas broad, with numerous straight radial pore canals, adductor scars 4, with crescentic antennal and oval mandibular scars in front and additional scars above.