Deep-Sea taxon details
original description
Sanguinetti, Y.; De Ornellas, L.; Coimbra, J.; Ramos, M. I. (1992). Post Miocene Ostracodes From Pelotas Basin, Southern Brazil. Taxonomy-Part II. <em>Pesquisas em Geociências.</em> 19(2): 155., available online at https://doi.org/10.22456/1807-9806.21306 [details] Available for editors 
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Description External view: Subrectangular carapace. Left. valve, wilh lhe maximum height coincident with ocular region. Dorsal border almost straight and shorter than ventral one. Anterior cardinal angle more pronounced than the rounded osterior one. Posterior border hemipoligonal wilh strong spines at ventral mid -length. Ventral border convex. Anterior border obliquely rounded , garn ished wilh neat irregular spines. Strong and conspicuosly reticulate surface ithou secondary reticulation. At anterior median region, the reticulum networks present the structure named bridge by Benson (1972) but at posterior region it presents one longitudinal row of sockets of the same si7..e or more eveloped than those of the bridge. Weak ocular ridge. The dorsal ridge weaker than vent.ral one. This last one is sharppointed at posterior region [rom where it runs obliquely upwards and disappears in lhe reticulum.In dorsal view, ovate carapace with the widest part at posterior half. Internal view: Hinge holamphidont. Wide duplicature with lhe widest part at ventral third. Marginal pore canals almost straight, some bifurcate or crossed. Line of oncrescence coincident with the internal margin. Central muscle scars typical for the genus. Sexual dimorphism not observed. [details]
Diagnosis Subrectangular carapace; strong reticulation with the first two sockets of bridge fus ioned ronning an elongate socket; left valve with an almost straight dorsal border; maximum height coincident with ocular region. [details]
Dimensions Holotypus: Left valve, n";l MP-O-749, length: 0.804 mm; height: 0.463 mm; width: 0.241mm. Paratypus: Right valve, n";l MP-0-750, length: O.804 mm; height: 0.470 mm; width: 0.234 mm. [details]
Etymology From Pelotas Basin, Brazil. [details]
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