Baicalocandona sp.

Karanovic, Ivana & Sitnikova, Tatiana Ya., 2017, Morphological and molecular diversity of Lake Baikal candonid ostracods, with description of a new genus, ZooKeys 684, pp. 19-56 : 33

Baicalocandona sp. Figs 14B, 15B

Material examined.

Soft parts of one male used for DNA extraction, after that dissected and mounted onto one glass slide, shell broken during dissection, collected from 12-15 m depth by SCUBA diving off Listvyanka, 51°51'51.3"N, 104°50'37.8"E, 12 September 2015, collectors: Igor Khanaev and Ivan Nebesnykh.

Short description.

A1 6-segmented. Male A2 with subdivided penultimate segment and t2- and t3-setae transformed into sexual bristles; both z1- z2-setae transformed onto claws; G1- and G3-claws reduced and short, G2-claw long. Md-palp with 4+2 setae on the inner side, gamma seta not plumose. Prehensile palps stocky and right one with a very strong finger but not hook-like. Hemipenis (Fig. 14B); with large a-lobe but not laterally projecting, M-peace distally clearly foot-like, ejaculatory tube with large, finger-like distal end and with ornamented lateral plate. Zenker organ with 4+2 whorls of spines (Fig. 15B); anterior cap with thin margins and with long spine-like projections, and lattice not so well-pronounced.