KRITHIDAE MANDELSTAM, 1958

Brandão, Simone N., Saeedi, Hanieh & Brandt, Angelika, 2022, Macroecology of Southern Ocean benthic Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the continental margin and abyss, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194, pp. 226-255 : 239

FAMILY KRITHIDAE MANDELSTAM, 1958

( FIG. 4C )

Krithe spp. ( Fig. 2J )

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Figure 2. Selected ostracod species from the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean, collected during the EASIZ II (PS 48/ANT XV-3) and ANDEEP I, II and III cruises (PS 61/ANT XIX-3, PS 67/ANTXXII-3, PS 67/ANTXXII-4) on board the RV Polarstern. A, Australicythere sp. (Eastern Weddell Sea, ANDEEP II, station 132, 2084 m); B, Macroscapha opaca Maddocks, 1990 (Eastern Weddell Sea, EASIZ II, station 133, 2043m); C, Cytherella rwhatleyi Brandão, 2008a (holotype, Eastern Weddell Sea, station 89, EASIZ II, 1639 m); D, Ayressoleberis bathymarina (Ayress, 1993) (Western Scotia Sea, ANDEEP II, station 141-10, 2369 m); E, Bythopussella brandtae Brandão, 2008b (paratype, Western Weddell Sea, ANDEEP II, station 133-3, 1123 m); F, Legitimocythere sp. (Western Weddell Sea, EASIZ II, station 272, 2076 m); G, Neonesidea keyseri Brandão, 2008 (Eastern Scotia Sea, ANDEEP II, station 140-8, 2965 m) (this species belongs to a new genus, which was not named due to the few specimens available); H, Poseidonamicus tainae Brandão inBrandão & Päplow,2011 (Western Scotia Sea,ANDEEP I, station 41-3, 2380 m); I, Bythocypris malyutinae Brandão, 2008b (holotype, Weddell Sea, ANDEEP III, station 102-13, 4818 m); J, Krithidae sp. (WesternWeddell Sea, EASIZ II, station 272, 2076 m); K, Henryhowella sp. (Western Scotia Sea, ANDEEP I, station 42-2, 3681 m); L, Pseudobosquetina nobilis Jellinek et al., 2006 (Western Weddell Sea, ANDEEP II, station 134-4, 4059 m); M, Retibythere (Bathybythere) sp. nov. (Western Scotia Sea, ANDEEP I, station 131-3, 3055 m).

Figure 4. Relative abundance of selected ostracod genera in relation to water depth in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean. Estimates based on samples collected during the EASIZ II (PS 48/ANT XV-3) and ANDEEP I, II and III cruises (PS 61/ANT XIX-3, PS 67/ANTXXII-3, PS 67/ANTXXII-4) on board the RV Polarstern.