Bennelongia mckenziei

Bennelongia mckenziei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cypridoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Oligostraca Classis: Ostracoda Subclassis: Podocopa Ordo: Podocopida Subordo: Cypridocopina Superfamilia: Cypridoidea

Familia: Cyprididae
Subfamilia: Cypridinae
Genus: Bennelongia
Species: Bennelongia mckenziei

Name

Bennelongia mckenziei Shearn, Koenders, Halse, Schön & Martens, 2012

Holotype: Queensland Museum, W40071, ♂, with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide, RV and LV stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.

Type locality: Horseshoe Lagoon, Kilcowera Station, south of Thargomindah, (22º25’55.4” S, 145º42’27.2” E), Queensland, Australia.

Etymology: This species is named after Dr K. McKenzie, who described the Bennelongia genus together with Dr P. De Deckker in 1981.

References

Primary references

• Shearn, R., Koenders, A., Halse, S.A., Schön, I. & Martens, K. 2012. A review of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) species from eastern Australia with the description of three new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 25: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.25 Reference page. 

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