Earicandona, Karanovic, 2013

Karanovic, Ivana, 2013, Earicandona, new genus and the first record of Typhlocypris pratensis (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from South Korea, Journal of Species Research 2 (2), pp. 145-158 : 148

Genus Earicandona gen. nov.

Type species. Earicandona mounchyon sp. nov.

Other species. Earicandona okuboi ( Smith & Janz, 2008) comb. nov.

Diagnosis. Shell without prominent ornament, covered with sparse hair-like setae. LV overlaps RV around all free margins. No prominent flange, selvage narrow and peripheral. Inner calcified lamella relatively narrow. LV without postero-dorsal keel. Sexual dimorphism of the carapace sometimes well-pronounced (males having more inflated posterior end than females). Marginal pore canals short and straight. A1 7-segmented, penultimate segment without posterior most seta. A2 sexually dimorphic, males with setae t2 and t3 transformed into sensory organs, and subdividing penultimate segment. Males also with both z1 and z2 setae transformed in claws, or only z1 transformed, while z2 seta like. Claws G1 and G3 reduced. A 2 in females with all three z-setae remaining seta-like, all claws on the penultimate and terminal segments normally developed and remaining claw-like. Mxl palp with slightly dilated terminal segment which carrying two claws and four setae. Penultimate segment with four setae. Md palp with 3+2 setae on the inner side of the second segment. L 5 in males transformed into asymmetrical prehensile palp: both palps with robust bodies, right one more than left. Bodies of the palps with even margins. Fingers short and curved. Both palps with two subterminal structures situated at the base of the fingers. Only one seta present in the exopod (branchial plate) of L5, one a, b, and d seta present on protopod of the same appendage. L6 with basal seta, d1. Endopod 4-segmented terminating with long claw. All setae, e, f, and g, present. L7 with d1 and dp seta on the basal segment. Endopod 4-segmented, or possibly third and fourth segments partially to completely fused. Only g-seta present. Terminal segment with short h1 and long h2 and h3 setae. UR with both claws and both setae present. Posterior seta relatively short. Genital field in females rounded or with some small projections. Hemipenis with a distinct a-lobe, lobes b and h situated very close together and relatively hard to distinguish. Inner sclerified part, g, inconspicuous, mostly with basal part clear while proximal part not.

Etymology. The genus is named after the Greek noun ear, meaning spring (as the season of the year).