Chlamydotheca Explained

Chlamydotheca is a genus of freshwater ostracods in the family Cyprididae. About 36 species are known to occur throughout continental waters. Four species are found in Argentina.^[1]

Taxonomy

Once classified as Chlamydotheca australis is now accepted as a synonym for Bennelongia australis.

Species

• Chlamydotheca azteca de Saussure, 1858
• Chlamydotheca elegans Roessler, 1986^[2]
• Chlamydotheca incisa Claus, 1892
• Chlamydotheca barbadensis Sharpe, 1910
• Chlamydotheca unispinosa (Baird, 1862)
• Chlamydotheca iheringi (Sars, 1901) Klie, 1931
• Chlamydotheca incisa (Claus, 1982)
• Chlamydotheca leuckarti
• Chlamydotheca symmetrica
• Chlamydotheca arcuata (Sars, 1901)
• Chlamydotheca llanoensis† ^[3]

External links

• • Chlamydotheca at insectoid.info
• Chlamydotheca at the World Register of marine Species (WoRMS)
• Toxicities of aldrin and dieldrin to the freshwater ostracod Chlamydotheca arcuata.
• Postembryonic development of nonmarine ostracod Chlamydotheca arcuata (Sars, 1901) (Crustacea: Ostracoda), reared in the laboratory

Notes and References

1. Web site: The genus Chlamydotheca Saussure (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in northeastern Argentina . Nauplius Journal . 3 April 2018.
2. E Roessler, 1986, Caldasia, 14, (68-70), pages 617-650
3. Chlamydotheca llanoensis n. sp.: a large ostracode from the latest Pleistocene of the Southern High plains, useful in correlation of streamside Paleo-Indian sites . Journal of Paleontology . 62 . 3 . 445–447 . 10.1017/S0022336000059230 . 1988 . Pierce . Harold G. .