Schellencandona Meisch, 1996

Issartel, Colin & Marmonier, Pierre, 2025, Description of five new species of Schellencandona Meisch, 1996 (Ostracoda: Candoninae) from the southern French Alps, a highly diversified area for groundwater ostracods, European Journal of Taxonomy 1022, pp. 85-133 : 90

Genus Schellencandona Meisch, 1996

Diagnosis of the genus Schellencandona Meisch, 1996

Meisch (1996) gave the following characteristics to the genus Schellencandona : (1) Carapace small ( 0.4 to 0.6 mm) with six muscle scars of almost equal size and simple hinge. (2) Surface of the carapace smooth or with shallow pits. (3) Eye absent. (4) A2 with a penultimate segment subdivided in males with male bristles. (5) Mdp with 2+3 setae and γ setae smooth. (6) L5 exopodite with 2 plates. (7) L7 protopodite with 2 setae. (8) EII of L7 fused with EIII bearing a g seta. (9) EIV of L7 with two long (h2-h3) and one short (h1) setae. (10) Zenker’s organ with 4+2 rings of spines. (11) Hemipenis with a very flat M-process.

List of the species: S. schellenbergi ( Klie, 1934) , S. triquetra ( Klie, 1936) , S. belgica ( Klie, 1937) , S. insueta ( Klie, 1938) , S. mira ( Sywula, 1976) , S. simililampadis ( Danielopol 1978) , S. yakushimaensis Smith & Kamiya, 2006 , S. tea Karanovic & Lee, 2012 , S. dui Ma & Yu, 2018 and S. rhodanensis Issartel & Marmonier (2025) .