Candobrasilopsis Higuti & Martens, 2012

Higuti, Janet & Martens, Koen, 2014, Five new species of Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the alluvial valley of the Upper Paraná River (Brazil, South America), European Journal of Taxonomy 106, pp. 1-36 : 24

Genus Candobrasilopsis Higuti & Martens, 2012

Type species

Candobrasilopsis rochai Higuti & Martens, 2012

Other species

Candobrasilopsis acutis sp. nov.; C. brasiliensis (Sars, 1901) ; C. elongata sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Anterior calcified inner lamella broad, anterior inner margin sinuous, posterior calcified inner lamella narrow, posterior inner margin running parallel to valve margin. Terminal Md-palp segment short (L ≤ 1.5 x basal width). Prehensile palps one-segmented, base inflated, distal finger long, hook-like. Hemipenis of triangular type, without protruding lobes a and b. Caudal ramus without proximal seta, distal seta reduced to a small spine.

Remarks

As the genus was characterised by a full description of its type species, C. rochai , by Higuti & Martens (2012b), the descriptions of the following two new species are shortened.