Pyrocypris noctiluca Kajiyama, 1912

Lee, Sue Yeon, Yoo, Jung Sun & Kim, Seung Tae, 2017, Five new records of ostracods (Crustacea) from Korea, Journal of Species Research 6, pp. 220-226 : 222

3. Pyrocypris noctiluca Kajiyama, 1912

(NIBRIV0000753776) ( Fig. 3 )

Synonymy. Cypridina (Pyrocypris) noctiluca n. sp. - Kajiyama (1912): p. 612, PI. 9, Fig. 15.

Locality in Korea. South Korea, Jeju Island, Chuja Island , Station 5, 33°43.63 ʹ N 126°21.61 ʹ E .

Identifier. Ivana Karanovic

Diagnosis. Large ostracod, about 2 mm long ( Fig. 3A ).

Posteriorly with a cylindrical tail ( Fig. 3B ) and anteriorly with very shallow incisure ( Fig. 3C ). Dorsal and ventral margins not broadly rounded. Surface smooth. Uropodal lamellae with eight claws descending in size from dorsal to ventral side ( Fig. 3D )

Distribution. According to Tsuji et al. (1970) the species is widely distributed along coastal waters in the western Pacific, from southern Japan to Hawaii, Austra- lia and Southeast Asia, also in Indian Ocean.

Gen Bank Numbers. MG552611, MG552612.

Figures

Fig. 3. Pyrocypris noctiluca, juvenile female:A-LV, lateral view from the outside; B -posterior end of the carapace; C -rostrum; D -uropo- dal lamellae. D, not to scale.