Philomedes Lilljeborg, 1853

Chavtur, Vladimir G. & Keyser, Dietmar, 2016, Benthic myodocopid Ostracoda (Philomedidae) from the Southern Ocean, Zootaxa 4141 (1), pp. 1-70 : 26-27

Genus Philomedes Lilljeborg, 1853

This genus is represented by 12 species in the study area: Philomedes assimilis Brady, 1907 , P. orbicularis Brady, 1907 , P. charcoti Daday, 1908 , P. rotunda Skogsberg, 1920 , P. eugeniae Skogsberg, 1920 , P. c u bi t u m Kornicker, 1975, P. minys Kornicker, 1975 , P. lofthousae Kornicker, 1975 , P. ramus Kornicker, 1975 , P. subantarcticus Kornicker, 1975 , P. heptathrix Kornicker, 1975 and P. tetrathrix Kornicker, 1975 . P. fortax Kornicker, 1994 , P.

pseudolofthousae Kornicker, 1994 , P. p t y x Kornicker, 1994, P. sphinx Kornicker, 1994 , P. thorax Kornicker, 1994 are all described from SE- Australia and have not been encountered in the Southern Ocean at present.

P. assimilis , P. orbicularis , P. charcoti , P. heptathrix , P. rotunda and P. tetrathrix were found in our material.