Diasterope procax Kornicker & Iliffe 2000

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 : 136

Diasterope procax Kornicker & Iliffe 2000

Holotype. USNM 194460 , adult female on slide and in alcohol.

Type locality. Sta 95-006, transect BB, Exuma Sound, Great Bahama Bank , depth 88 m.

Material. Holotype. No specimens were in the present collections.

Remarks. Kornicker & Iliffe (2000: 61) did not completely describe the maxilla and fifth limb of the adult female holotype. The number of bristles on the various parts of those limbs are given herein. The total number of bristles on other appendages given below are from descriptions by Kornicker & Iliffe (2000: 61– 72).

Correction. In Kornicker & Iliffe (2000: 72: Fig. 44 ) the legend incorrectly stated Diasterope prolixa instead of Diasterope procax .

Supplementary description of adult female. Maxilla: Baleen comb with 109 bristles. Endites with 7 bristles. Basis with 6 bristles. endopod with 3 bristles. Total bristles 125.

Fifth limb: Epipod with 64 bristles. Anterior vertical margin of protopod with 31 bristles. Ventral margin of comb with 36–39 bristles. Lateral side of comb with 8 bristles. Total bristles 139–142.

Number of bristles on limbs: 1st antenna 21, 2nd antenna 21, mandible 44, maxilla 125, 5th limb 139–142, sixth limb 25, seventh limb 11, furca 10. Total bristles on each side 396–399.

Figures

FIGURE 44. Pseudopolycope helix, new species, paratype USNM 1021453, adult female: a, right mandible, lv; b, left maxilla, lv; c, precoxa of right maxilla, lv; d, right fifth limb, lv; e, posterior of body and right lamella of furca, lv; f, part ventral edge of complete specimen slightly open, from left side showing location of left fifth limb and furca (round object unidentified). Scale equals 0.02 mm (a–d) and 0.05 mm (e,f).