Mamilloecia indica

Taxonavigation

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: Myodocopa
Ordo: Halocyprida
Subordo: Halocypridina
Superfamilia: Halocypridoidea
Familia: Halocyprididae
Subfamilia: Conchoeciinae
Tribus: Conchoeciini
Genus: Mamilloecia
Species: Mamilloecia indica

Name

Mamilloecia indica Graves, 2012

• Type locality: The zooplankton samples were collected in 1997, during the Northeast monsoon, at Station 54001 from the 1600–1400 m depth horizon sample, Gulf of Oman, Northwest Indian Ocean.
• Remarks: Permanent preparations of the dissected holotype and allotype are deposited in the collections of the Natural History Museum London, registration number NHMUK 2011.1625 for the holotype (female) on slides and NHMUK2011.1626 for the allotype (male) on slides. The remaining 100 female and 100 male paratypes are retained in 80% industrial methylated ethanol, registration numbers NHMUK 2011.1627–1636.

Primary references

• Graves, C. 2012: Mamilloecia indica (Halocyprididae: Ostracoda) a new genus and species from the Northwest Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History, 46 (9-10): 517–556. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.649017