The marine fauna of New Zealand: Ostracods of the Otago Shelf
Swanson, K.M. (1979). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Ostracods of the Otago Shelf. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 78. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute: Wellington. 56 pp.
Part of: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Wellington. ISSN 0083-7903, more
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New Zealand
Taxonomic status > New taxa > New genus
Taxonomic status > New taxa > New species
Taxonomic status > New taxa > New subgenus
Anchistrocheles arcaforma Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Bradleya opima Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Bythocythere bulba Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Callistocythere neoplana Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Callistocythere obtusa Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Cythereis incerta (Szczechura, 1965) Gruendel, 1973 † [WoRMS]; Hemicythere munida Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Hermanites andrewsi Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Hermanites briggsi Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Jacobella Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Jacobella papanuiensis Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Kotoracythere formosa Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Munseyella aequa Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Munseyella brevis Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Munseyella modesta Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Munseyella tumida Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Ponticocythereis decora Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Pseudocythere (Plenocythere) Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Pseudocythere (Plenocythere) fragilis Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Semicytherura arteria Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]; Semixestoleberis taiaroaensis Swanson, 1979 [WoRMS]
New Zealand [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
In a total of 163 sediment samples from the continental shelf off Otago (cast coast, South Island, New Zealand), 63 ostracod species have been recognised. Nineteen species are described as new. One new genus Jarobella and one new subgenus Pseudocythere (Plenocythere) are proposed. Characteristic species and sediment parameters of the five ostracod assemblages are listed. Studies of the distribution patterns of individual species indicate that the influence of substrate (sediments) on ostracod distribution is not as obvious as suggested by previous work. Many species display a wide tolerance of variations in sediment texture, grain size, and sorting. Both the Southland Current and a post-glacial rise in sea level appear to have been responsible for the anomalous distribution of the relict population. |
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