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Paracandona
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Eucandonidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paracandona HARTWIG, 1899
Type Species:
Candona euplectella Brady & NORMAN, 1889
Images
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Fig. 175,3. *P. euplectella (Brady & Norman), Scot., 3a,b, carapace L, dors., X75 (257)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Elliptical, bean-shaped, tumid, dorsum nearly straight, venter slightly concave, ends broadly rounded, surface reticulate and tuberculate
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Eucandonidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paracandona HARTWIG, 1899
Type Species:
Candona euplectella Brady & NORMAN, 1889
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 175,3. *P. euplectella (Brady & Norman), Scot., 3a,b, carapace L, dors., X75 (257)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Elliptical, bean-shaped, tumid, dorsum nearly straight, venter slightly concave, ends broadly rounded, surface reticulate and tuberculate