Codonocera mortenseni Poulsen, 1962

Lee, Sue Yeon, Yoo, Jung Sun & Kim, Seung Tae, 2017, Five new records of ostracods (Crustacea) from Korea, Journal of Species Research 6, pp. 220-226 : 221-222

2. Codonocera mortenseni Poulsen, 1962

(NIBRIV0000325830) ( Fig. 2 )

Synonymy. Codonocera mortenseni sp. nov. - Poulsen (1962): p. 322, Fig. 146.

Locality in Korea. South Korea , Yeosu , Nam-myeon, Seogoji harbor, 34°28.63 ʹ N 127°47.72E ʹ.

Identifier. Ivana Karanovic

Diagnosis. Large ostracod, over 3 mm long ( Fig. 2A ).

Posterriorly with a short tail and anteriorly with relatively shallow incisure. Dorsal and ventral margins rounded. Surface covered with star-like pigment spots. Cleaning leg (seventh limb) with three setae in each of the two distal groups and three more scattered on each side of the appendage ( Fig. 2B ). Uropodal lamella with four claws on each lamella ( Fig. 2C ) decreasing in size along the appendage.

Distribution. Indo Pacific region (Poulsen, 1960), Korea, South Sea (present paper).

Figures

Fig. 2. Codonocera mortenseni, female:A-RV, lateral view from the outside; B - clening leg; C -uropodal lamellae (numbers indicate claws on left and right lamella). B, C, not to scale.