Bennelongia dedeckkeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cypridoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Oligostraca Classis: Ostracoda Subclassis: Podocopa Ordo: Podocopida Subordo: Cypridocopina Superfamilia: Cypridoidea

Familia: Cyprididae
Subfamilia: Cypridinae
Genus: Bennelongia
Species:

Bennelongia dedeckkeri Shearn, Koenders, Halse, Schön & Martens, 2012

Holotype: Queensland Museum, W40075, ♂, with soft parts dissected in a sealed slide, RV and LV stored dry in a micropalaeontological slide.
Type locality: Lake Galilee, south bank, approximately 70 km north-east of Aramac, (22º25’55.4”S, 145º42’27.2”E), Queensland, Australia.

Etymology: The species is named after Dr P. De Deckker, who described the Bennelongia genus with Dr K. McKenzie in 1981.

Shearn, R., Koenders, A., Halse, S.A., Schön, I. & Martens, K. 2012. A review of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) species from eastern Australia with the description of three new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 25: 1–35. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.25 Reference page.