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Pseudocandona
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Eucandonidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pseudocandona KAUFMANN, 1900
Type Species:
Candona pubescens KOCH, 1837
Images
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175,la-d. P. tuberculata BRONSTEIN, USSR; la-d, carapace L, dors., RV int., LV int., X30 (18). -- Fig. 175,1e,f. *P. pubescens, USSR.; le,f, carapace L, dors., X20 (18). -- Fig. 175, 1g-i. P. bispinosa BRONSTEIN (type species of Metacandona), USSR.; 1g,h, male carapace L, dors., X40; 1i, carapace L, X40 (18).
Synonyms
Metacandona, ?Archicandona
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Asia
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
Like Eucandona but smaller, with straighter hinge margin, narrower inner lamellae and pitted, reticulate, or tuberculose surface (18).
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:
Pseudocandona KAUFMANN, 1900
Type Species:
Candona pubescens KOCH, 1837
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
175,la-d. P. tuberculata BRONSTEIN, USSR; la-d, carapace L, dors., RV int., LV int., X30 (18). -- Fig. 175,1e,f. *P. pubescens, USSR.; le,f, carapace L, dors., X20 (18). -- Fig. 175, 1g-i. P. bispinosa BRONSTEIN (type species of Metacandona), USSR.; 1g,h, male carapace L, dors., X40; 1i, carapace L, X40 (18).
Synonyms
Metacandona, ?Archicandona
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Asia
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
Like Eucandona but smaller, with straighter hinge margin, narrower inner lamellae and pitted, reticulate, or tuberculose surface (18).