Chlamydotheca is a genus of freshwater ostracods in the family Cyprididae. About 36 species are known to occur throughout continental waters. Four species are found in Argentina.[2]

Chlamydotheca
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Chlamydotheca

de Saussure, 1858[1]
Type species
Takecallis arundicolens
Mastumura, 1917
Diversity
About 36 species

Taxonomy edit

Once classified as Chlamydotheca australis is now accepted as a synonym for Bennelongia australis.

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References edit

  1. ^ Mémoire sur divers Crustacés nouveaux du Mexique et des Antilles. H Saussure, 1858
  2. ^ "The genus Chlamydotheca Saussure (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in northeastern Argentina" (PDF). Nauplius Journal. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ E Roessler, 1986, Caldasia, 14, (68-70), pages 617-650
  4. ^ Pierce, Harold G. (1988). "Chlamydotheca llanoensis n. sp.: a large ostracode from the latest Pleistocene of the Southern High plains, useful in correlation of streamside Paleo-Indian sites". Journal of Paleontology. 62 (3): 445–447. doi:10.1017/S0022336000059230.

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