Phlyctocythere sicula

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: Loxoconchidae
Subfamilia: Loxocaudinae
Genus: Phlyctocythere
Species: Phlyctocythere sicula

Name

Phlyctocythere sicula Sciuto & Pugliese, 2013

• Type locality: From terrigenous mud at a water depth of 545 metres, station MERC 10, (38°07’14’’N, 15°32’55”E), Strait of Messina, between Sicily and Calabria, Italy, central Mediterranean Sea.
• Holotype: 10.XII.2005, right valve (L 0.670 mm, H 0.365 mm), MNHN PMC. O8H.1.10.2012.

References

Primary references

• Sciuto, F. & Pugliese, N. 2013. Description of two new species of ostracods from the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean). Zoosystema 35(1): 35–44. DOI: 10.5252/z2013n1a4 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Phlyctocythere sicula in the World Register of Marine Species