Guise, J. E. (2002). A new genus of brackish-water ostracod, Swansonella, from the Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand Natural Sciences. 26: 75–86.
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Guise, J. E.
2002
A new genus of brackish-water ostracod, <i>Swansonella</i>, from the Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, New Zealand
Anew extant genus of brackish-water ostracod si described. The description of this leptocytherid genus, Swansonella, is based on the type species S. newbrightonensis collected from the sediments of the Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, New Zealand. The taxonomy of another leptocytherid, brackish-water genus Ishizakiella is also reviewed, and I. novaezelandica (Hartmann 1982) reassigned to Swansonella.