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On the genus Candonopsis (Crustacea : Ostracoda : Candoninae)in Australia, with a key to the world recent species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2009

I. Karanovic
Affiliation:
Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth 6000, WA, Australia
P. Marmonier
Affiliation:
Université de Rennes 1, UMR-CNRS 6553, Station Biologique de Paimpont, F-35380 Paimpont, France
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Abstract

In the present paper Candonopsis murchisoni n. sp., C. dani n. sp., C. williami n. sp., C. kimberleyi n. sp., and C. westaustraliensisn. sp., are described, while C. tenuis (Brady, 1886) is redescribed. All species have been collected in the subterraneanwaters of Western Australia. The new species are easily distinguishable from the existing world species in details of the carapace,walking leg, cleaning leg, furca and hemipenis. Because of new features found, revised diagnosis and a key to the worldspecies are provided. Some species, previously described in the genus Candonopsis Vavra, 1891, are considered as incertaesedis, while others are removed from this genus, which now contains 25 species. Finally, the authors propose the elevation ofthe subgenera Caribecandona Broodbakker, 1983 and Cubacandona Broodbakker, 1983 to the generic level.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Université Paul Sabatier, 2002

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