Bennelongia nimala, De Deckker, 1981

Martens, Koen, Halse, Stuart & Schön, Isa, 2015, On the Bennelongia nimala and B. triangulata lineages (Crustacea, Ostracoda) in Western Australia, with the description of six new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 111, pp. 1-36 : 11

Bennelongia nimala - lineage

Diagnosis of the B. nimala- lineage

All species in this lineage with strongly calcified and heavily ornamented valves, also in adults external valve surfaces set with large pustules, spines and short but stiff setae. Nearly all species with yellowishbrownish colour. Most species also with very pronounced anterior LV/RV overlap, most pronounced of all lineages in this genus. Some species with an inner ‘eyelet’ in the anterior part of the RV, close to the lapel, just as in the species of the B. barangaroo lineage (see Martens et al. 2013), to which this lineage is most closely related.