Spelaeoecia sagax Kornicker 1990

Kornicker, Louis S., Iliffe, Thomas M. & Harrison-Nelson, Elizabeth, 2007, Ostracoda (Myodocopa) from Anchialine Caves and Ocean Blue Holes, Zootaxa 1565 (1), pp. 1-151 : 50-51

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1565.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A2CDD9CB-CA5E-418B-A471-9EEFDC5CCF16

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5095874

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2A5087FF-3E07-FC3F-3A91-F8BBFDF06C4C

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Spelaeoecia sagax Kornicker 1990
status

 

Spelaeoecia sagax Kornicker 1990 in Kornicker et al. 1990

Spelaeoecia sagax Kornicker 1990 , in Kornicker et al. 1990: 15, figs. 9–13.

Holotype. USNM 193446 About USNM , adult male.

Type locality. Sagittarius Blue Hole, Sweeting’s Cay, Grand Bahama Island, Little Bahama Bank.

Material. Sagittarius Blue Hole: 29 May 1989: USNM 1021402 About USNM , 2 specimens (1 adult male, 1 adult female); 29 Mar 1991: USNM 1021403 About USNM , 10 specimens (4 adult males, 6 adult females); Sta 00-002: USNM 1021404 About USNM , 5 specimens; Sta 01-016: USNM 1021405 About USNM , 31 specimens. Virgo Blue Hole , Sweeting's Cay , Grand Bahama Island , Little Bahama Bank , Sta 01-015: USNM 1021406 About USNM , 3 specimens (1 adult male) .

Distribution. Little Bahama Bank, Sweeting's Cay (Sagittarius Blue Hole and Virgo Blue Hole).

Supplementary descriptions. Carapace size (length, height in mm): Adult male: USNM 1021402, 1.68, 0.94. Adult female: USNM 1021402, 1.75, 0.93.

Remarks. Kornicker et al. (1990: 15) reported this species in Sagittarius Blue Hole from collections made in 1984 and 1987. The present collections made in 1989, 1991, and 2002 show that the species has continued to inhabit the cave and was not affected by intermediate climatic events. The species is reported for the first time from Virgo Blue Hole.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Ostracoda

Order

Halocyprida

Family

Thaumatocyprididae

Genus

Spelaeoecia

Loc

Spelaeoecia sagax Kornicker 1990

Kornicker, Louis S., Iliffe, Thomas M. & Harrison-Nelson, Elizabeth 2007
2007
Loc

Spelaeoecia sagax

Kornicker, L. & Yager, J. & Williams, D. 1990: 15
1990
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