Newnhamia

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Newnhamia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Family: Notodromadidae
Subfamily: Notodromadinae
Genus: Newnhamia
King, 1855
Type species
Newnhamia fenestrata
King, 1855 [1]

Newnhamia is a genus of ostracods. It contains five species, four of which are endemic to Australia and surrounding islands (including New Zealand and New Caledonia), while a fifth was described in 2003 from Kerala, India. [2] Two species from South America, described as species of Newnhamia, do not appear to be closely related to the remaining species, and probably belong in a different genus. [2] N. fuscata and N. insolita are both listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Genus Newnhamia King, 1855". Australian Faunal Directory . Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 9 October 2008.
  2. 1 2 Sunny George & Koen Martens (2003). "On a new species of the genus Newnhamia King, 1855 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) raised from Chalakkudy River sand, (Kerala, India), with notes on the taxonomy and distribution of the Notodromadidae". Hydrobiologia . 497 (1–3): 25–37. doi:10.1023/A:1025453302991.
  3. ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Newnhamia fuscata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T14753A4460119. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14753A4460119.en .
  4. ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Newnhamia insolita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T14754A4460167. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14754A4460167.en .


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