Bennelongia

Bennelongia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Ostracoda
Order:	Podocopida
Family:	Cyprididae
Subfamily:	Cypridinae
Genus:	Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981

Bennelongia is a genus of ostracod crustaceans in the family Cyprididae. It is probably endemic to Australia and New Zealand, ^[1] and is predicted to be highly diverse. The genus was described in 1981 and named after Woollarawarre Bennelong, the first aboriginal to have a long association with the early European settlers of Australia. ^[2] Prior to 2012, six species were described in Australia. There are currently 15 species of Bennelongia. ^{[1] [3]} Bennelongia may be the last true descendant genus of the Mesozoic (and now extinct) lineage of Cypridea , which was a dominant lineage of ostracod in non-marine waters in the Cretaceous. ^[4]

See also

• Bennelongia australis (Brady, 1886) – South Australia
• Bennelongia barangaroo De Deckker, 1981 – Western Australia
• Bennelongia calei Martens et al 2013 – Western Australia
• Bennelongia bidgelongensis Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Gascoyne
• Bennelongia coondinerensis Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Pilbara
• Bennelongia cuensis Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Yilgarn
• Bennelongia cygnus Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Swan Valley
• Bennelongia frumenta Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Wheatbelt
• Bennelongia gwelupensis Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Perth, southwest coast
• Bennelongia harpago De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 – Queensland (type species)
• Bennelongia kimberleyensis Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Kimberley
• Bennelongia lata Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Gascoyne–Murchison region
• Bennelongia nimala De Deckker, 1981 – Northern Territory
• Bennelongia pinpi De Deckker, 1981 – Queensland
• Bennelongia strellyensis Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Pilbara
• Bennelongia tunta De Deckker, 1982 – Queensland

References

1. Koen Martens, Stuart Halse & Isa Schön (2012). "Nine new species of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Western Australia, with the description of a new subfamily". European Journal of Taxonomy . 8: 1–56.
2. Patrick de Deckker & Kenneth G. McKenzie (1981). "Bennelongia, A new Cyprididid Ostracod Genus from Australasia" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia . 105 (part 2): 53–56.
3. Rylan Shearn; Annette Koenders; Stuart Halse; Isa Schön; Koen Martens (2012). "A review of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) species from eastern Australia with the description of three new species". European Journal of Taxonomy . 25: 1–35.
4. Koen Martens; Isa Schön; Claude Meisch; David J. Horne (2008). "Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment" . Hydrobiologia . Developments in Hydrobiology. 198. Springer: 185–193. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9245-4. ISBN   978-1-4020-8258-0.

External links

• Data related to Bennelongia at Wikispecies