Synasterope browni 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 : 137

Synasterope browni Kornicker & Iliffe 2000

Fig. 78

Synasterope browni Kornicker & Iliffe 2000: 72–77 , figs. 39–44.—Kornicker et al. 2002: 85–95, figs. 61–68.

Holotype. USNM 194469 , adult female on slide and in alcohol.

Type locality. Exuma Sound , depth 96 m.

Material. Great Bahama Bank, Bottomly’s Blue Hole, Sta 99-065: USNM 1021490 , undissected adult male in alcohol. Mystery Cave , Sta 00-019, 2 specimens : USNM 1021491 , partly dissected instar III in alcohol; USNM 1021492 , undissected instar I in alcohol ,

Distribution. Exuma Sound, depth 96 m; Four Shark Cave, South Andros Island, depth 27– 33 m. Bottomly’s Blue Hole, Stocking Island, Great Exuma, Exuma Cays, depth 27– 29 m. Mystery Cave, Stocking Island, depth 52 m.

Supplementary description of adult male ( Fig. 78 ). Carapace size (length, height in mm): USNM 1021490, 0.74, 0.45.

Remarks. The species was collected in Mystery Cave in 1997 (Kornicker et al. 2002: 85). Its presence in the cave in 1999 shows that it continues to live there and was not affected by environmental stresses during that period.

Figures

FIGURE 78. Synasterope browni Kornicker & Iliffe 2000, USNM 1021490, adult male, complete specimen from left side, length 0.74 mm.