Parvocythere gottwaldi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cytheroidea
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: Cytherocopina Superfamilia: Cytheroidea

Familia: Parvocytheridae
Genus: Parvocythere
Species: Parvocythere gottwaldi

Name

Parvocythere gottwaldi Higashi & Tsukagoshi, 2012

Holotype: adult male (SUM-CO-2023), right valve length 173 µm, height 88 µm, left valve length 174 µm, height 84 µm.

Type locality: Interstitial, from a depth of about 20 cm in very coarse sandy sediment, littoral beach at Daio-zaki, (34°16.59'N, 136°53.83'E), Shima City, Mie Prefecture, Pacific coast of central Japan.

Paratypes: 14 adult males (SUM-CO-2024–2037) and 12 adult females (SUM-CO-2038–2049).

Etymology: named after Jochen Gottwald

ZooBank: DA15A671-D4D4-427C-A92D-3AC27CE729D7

References

Primary references

Higashi, R.; Tsukagoshi, A. 2012: Two new species of the interstitial genus Parvocythere (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cytheroidea) from Japan: an example of morphological variation. ZooKeys 193: 27–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.193.2842 . Reference page.
- [original description of Parvocythere gottwaldi: p. 31–36; figs. 2–6]

Links

Parvocythere gottwaldi in the World Register of Marine Species

BHL bibliography
Parvocythere gottwaldi – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Parvocythere gottwaldi.
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