Penthesilenula aotearoa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Darwinuloidea
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: Darwinulocopina Superfamilia: Darwinuloidea

Familia: Darwinulidae
Genus: Penthesilenula
Species: Penthesilenula aotearoa

Name

• Penthesilenula aotearoa (Rossetti, Eagar & Martens, 1998)
  • Original combination: Darwinula aotearoa
  • Current combination authority:
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: adult female
    • Repository: IRSN OC2143
  • Type locality: 'Darwinula swamp', small swamp dammed by the track by the side of Karori Stream. Water flows slowly through it from a tributary into the Karori Stream, Kinnoull Station, Makara, Wellington, New Zealand (grid ref. R27 512 865; lat. 41°19'S, long. 174°41'E)'
  • Secondary types: paratypes (9)
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 9 adult females
    • Repository: IRSN OC2144-2150 (7); MONZ, as 'NMNZ' CR.009376 (2)

References

• Martens, K.; Rossetti, G. 2002: On the Darwinulidae (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Oceania. Invertebrate systematics, 16 (2): 195–208. DOI: 10.1071/IT01022
• Pinto, R.L.; Rocha, C.E.F.; Martens, K. 2004: On the genus Penthesilenula Rossetti and Martens, 1998 (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Darwinulidae) from (semi-) terrestrial habitats in São Paulo State (Brazil), with the description of a new species. Journal of natural history, 38: 2567–2589. DOI: 10.1080/00222930310001647424
• Rossetti, G.; Eagar, S.H.; Martens, K. 1998: On two new species of the genus Darwinula (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from New Zealand. Italian journal of zoology, 65 (3): 325–332. DOI: 10.1080/11250008809386766
• Webber, W.R. et al. 2010: [Chapter] EIGHT Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. Pp. 98-232 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3