The systematic position and zoogeography of the Family Saididae Aranki et al. (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with the description of a new genus
Wouters, K. (2007). The systematic position and zoogeography of the Family Saididae Aranki et al. (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with the description of a new genus. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 77: 131-145
In: Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Biologie = Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Bruxelles. ISSN 0374-6429, more
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Classification > Taxonomy
Taxa > New taxa > New genera
Ostracoda [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
New material from the Indian Ocean yielded specimens with preserved limbs of a species belonging to a new genus, closely related to the genus Saida Hornibrook, 1952. The new genus is described in the present paper. Both genera are discussed, and the known species are listed. The subfamily Saidinae Aranki et al., 1992 is raised to the rank of family. The systematic position of the family Saididae is discussed and it can be concluded that it is a family in its own right, with a mosaic of loxoconchid and cytherurid characters. The (pa1aeo)zoogeographical analysis shows that the family has a Tethyan distribution. |
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