WoRMS name details
Rockallia Whatley, Frame & Whittaker, 1978
459831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459831)
unaccepted (subject junior synonym of Arcacythere, Hornibrook, 1952)
Genus
Rockallia enigmatica Whatley, Frame & Whittaker, 1978 accepted as Arcacythere enigmatica (Whatley, Frame & Whittaker, 1978) † (type by original designation)
- Species Rockallia enigmatica Whatley, Frame & Whittaker, 1978 accepted as Arcacythere enigmatica (Whatley, Frame & Whittaker, 1978) †
- Species Rockallia jongkuei Hu & Tao, 2008 accepted as Arcacythere jongkuei (Hu & Tao, 2008) (superseded original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Whatley, R. C.; Frame, P.; Whittaker, J. E. (1978). On <i>Rockallia enigmatica</i> Whatley, Frame and Whittaker gen. et sp. nov. <em>Stereo-Atlas of Ostracod Shells.</em> 5: 137-144., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/117696#/summary [details]
Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Carvalho, A. B. G. D.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sá, H. A. B.; Sabater, L. M. (2026). World Ostracoda Database. Rockallia Whatley, Frame & Whittaker, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459831 on 2026-04-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Whatley, R. C.; Frame, P.; Whittaker, J. E. (1978). On <i>Rockallia enigmatica</i> Whatley, Frame and Whittaker gen. et sp. nov. <em>Stereo-Atlas of Ostracod Shells.</em> 5: 137-144., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/117696#/summary [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Ayress, M A. (1991). On <i>Arcacythere</i> Hornibrook, 1952 (Cytheracea, Ostracoda, Crustacea), a senior synonym of <i>Rockallia</i> Whatley, Frame & Whittaker, 1978. <em>Journal of Micropalaeontology.</em> 10 (2): 223-226., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.10.2.223 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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