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Ostracoda taxon details

Bradleya kaiata Hornibrook, 1953 †

517523  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517523)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Hornibrook, N. deB. (1953). Some New Zealand tertiary marine Ostracoda usefull in stratigraphy. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 81, 303-311. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description "Carapace of medium size, strongly inflated, subrectangular; walls moderately thick and heavy; anterior margin broadly...  
Description "Carapace of medium size, strongly inflated, subrectangular; walls moderately thick and heavy; anterior margin broadly rounded; lower half of posterior margin projecting ventrally and bearing four strong, blunt denticulations; dorsal and ventral margins straight and parallel; shell strongly alate with a well-developed ventro-lateral keel and distinct subcentral tubercle; ornament consisting of an obscurely radiate pattern of fine reticulate ridges; a distinct eye tubercle at the antero-dorsal angle." (Hornibrook, 1953: 309)
 [details]
Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Sá, H. A. B.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sabater, L. M., Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Bradleya kaiata Hornibrook, 1953 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ostracoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517523 on 2025-06-01
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2010-09-13 09:33:21Z
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2010-09-13 12:27:07Z
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2014-08-13 08:10:14Z
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2014-08-13 09:29:31Z
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original description Hornibrook, N. deB. (1953). Some New Zealand tertiary marine Ostracoda usefull in stratigraphy. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 81, 303-311. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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Description "Carapace of medium size, strongly inflated, subrectangular; walls moderately thick and heavy; anterior margin broadly rounded; lower half of posterior margin projecting ventrally and bearing four strong, blunt denticulations; dorsal and ventral margins straight and parallel; shell strongly alate with a well-developed ventro-lateral keel and distinct subcentral tubercle; ornament consisting of an obscurely radiate pattern of fine reticulate ridges; a distinct eye tubercle at the antero-dorsal angle." (Hornibrook, 1953: 309)
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Remark "Distinguished by the subrectangular, strongly alate shell with a distinct subeentral tubercle, obscurely radiate reticulate surface pattern, and spined denticulate posterior margin." (Hornibrook, 1953: 309) [details]
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