Xestoleberis Sars, 1866

Chand, Prerna & Kamiya, Takahiro, 2016, Seven new species of the genus Xestoleberis (Ostracoda: Podocopida: Cytheroidea) from the Fiji Archipelago, Zootaxa 4208 (4), pp. 325-348 : 328

Genus: Xestoleberis Sars, 1866

Species of the genus Xestoleberis are characterized by the following features. Each valve has a crescent shaped scar known as the Xestoleberis -spot behind the eye ( Athersuch et al. 1989). The valves are smooth, strongly inflated and with a range of shapes; from reniform, trigonal to ovate. The females are usually bigger than males; females have wide brood spaces in the posterior region of the valve. An1 has six podomeres, An2 has a well developed twojointed exopodite spinneret seta and three endopodite podomeres terminating into two stout chelate claws. Males have a pair of brush-shaped organs situated between the first and second pair of thoracic legs. The thoracic appendages are walking legs and the distal processes of the hemipenes are asymmetrical.