Deeveya medix Kornicker 1990

Kornicker, Louis S., Iliffe, Thomas M. & Harrison-Nelson, Elizabeth, 2007, Ostracoda (Myodocopa) from Anchialine Caves and Ocean Blue Holes, Zootaxa 1565 (1), pp. 1-151 : 74-76

Deeveya medix Kornicker 1990 in Kornicker et al. 1990

Fig. 40

Deeveya medix Kornicker 1990 in Kornicker et al. 1990: 44, figs. 22f, 27, 28, 29f, 30.

Holotype. USNM 193592 , adult male.

Type locality. Sagittarius Blue Hole, Sweeting’s Cay, Grand Bahama Island, Little Bahama Bank.

Material. Type locality: Collected 29 May 1989: USNM 1021442 , 1 adult female in alcohol. Collected 29 Mar 1991: USNM 1021443 , 1 adult male, 1 adult female, both in alcohol. Sta 01-016 : USNM 1021444 , 1 adult female in alcohol ; USNM 1021445 , 7 specimens in alcohol. Basil Minn’s Blue Hole, Great Exuma Island, Great Bahama Bank: Sta 00-001 : USNM 1021446 , 2 adult females in alcohol ; USNM 1021447 , 1 partly dissected adult male in alcohol ; USNM 1021448 , 3 undissected adults in alcohol (sex not determined). Virgo Blue Hole, Sweeting's Cay, Grand Bahama Island, Little Bahama Bank , Sta 01-015 : USNM 1021449 , 3 specimens in alcohol .

Distribution. Little Bahama Bank, Sweeting's Cay (Sagittarius Blue Hole and Virgo Blue Hole). Great Bahama Bank, Great Exuma Island (Basil Minn’s Blue Hole).

Supplementary description of adult female. Carapace Size (length, height in mm): USNM 1021442, 1.69, 1.23; USNM 1021443, 1.66, 1.22.; USNM 1021446, 1.68, 1.28; USNM 1022179, 1.68, 1.28; USNM 1021444, 1.70, 1.29.

Supplementary description of adult male ( Fig. 40 ). Carapace similar in shape and ornamentation to that of holotype ( Fig. 40 a ).

Carapace size (length, height in mm). USNM 1021447, 1.70, 1.31; USNM 1021443, 1.65, 1.17.

Mandible: 1st endopod segment with 6 bristles (1 anterior, 1 posterior, 4 medial).

Genitalia ( Fig. 40 b ): Similar to that of holotype.

Remarks. Kornicker et al. (1990: 44) reported this species in Sagittarius Blue Hole from collections

made in 1984 and 1987. The present collections made in 1989 and 2001 from the same cave show that the species continued to live in the cave and was not affected by intervening climactic events. The present collection from Basil Minn’s Blue Hole, Great Exuma Island, is the first record of the species from the Great Bahama Bank. The species is reported for the first time in Virgo Blue Hole, Little Bahama Bank.

Figures

FIGURE 40. Deeveya medix Kornicker 1990 in Kornicker et al. 1990, USNM 1021387, adult male: a, complete specimen from right side and detail of surface structures (black spots are bright spots in transmitted light), length 1.70 mm; b, copulatory organ on left side of posterior part of body. Scale equals 0.10 mm (a–detail) and 0.02 mm (b).