Pseudolimnocythere Klie, 1938

Rossetti, Giampaolo, Stoch, Fabio & Mazzini, Ilaria, 2022, A reassessment of the origin and distribution of the subterranean genus Pseudolimnocythere Klie, 1938 (Ostracoda, Loxoconchidae), with description of two new species from Italy, Subterranean Biology 43, pp. 33-60 : 33

Genus Pseudolimnocythere Klie, 1938

Diagnosis

(modified from Danielopol 1979 and Karanovic 2012). Small ostracods (length <0.4 mm), without sexual dimorphism. Carapace ornamented with rounded pits. Hinge henodont (single posterior tooth in RV), invicidont, or amphidont. Calcified inner lamella wide, marginal pore canals branched; normal pore canals with small sieve plates located in deep funnels. Antennula, six-segmented (fourth and fifth segments only partially separated or completely indistinct), the distal segment exceeding the length of the second segment. Exopod of antenna not segmented; penultimate segment with two basal setae and one aesthetasc, and two distal (anterior) setae.