Bennelongia

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 descendent 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]

Bennelongia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Family:
Cyprididae
Genus:
Bennelongia

De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981

See also
  • Bennelongia australis (Brady, 1886) – South Australia
  • Bennelongia barangaroo De Deckker, 1981 – 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. Springer. 198: 185–193. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9245-4. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.


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