Wouters, K. & Martens, K. (1999). Four new species of the Cyprideis species flock (Crustacea: Ostracoda) of Lake Tanganyika. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie. 69:67-82.

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Wouters, K. & Martens, K.

1999

69:67-82

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Four new species, belonging to three genera, of ostracods from Lake Tanganyika are described: Romecytheridea longior sp. nov., Cyprideis spatula sp. nov., Cyprideis profunda sp. nov. and Mesocyprideis pila sp. nov. The Cyprideis-flock now consists of 13 formally described species (all endemic) in six genera (five endemic), although extant collections hold at least 10-15 more species belonging to this flock. However, as the material of these taxa is mostly insufficient to allow description, new collections are urgently required, especially along the Congolese coastline and on rocky shores. None of the genera in this flock are monospecific, and together with the discovery of new soft part characters diagnostic at the generic level, this strengthen(sic) the validity of these genera in Lake Tanganyika. The geographical and ecological distribution of the four species is briefly discussed. The hypothesis that (presumed) ancestral species of Cyprideis occur in deeper water only, while species from the derived genera in the flock occur in the littoral is confirmed for three of the four new species presently described; Cyprideis spatula sp.nov., however, is found in the upper littoral.

Afro-Tropical
East Africa

Systematics, Taxonomy
Zoology

Ostracoda

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