Atlas of Atlantic Ostracods
Taxon details
Bathyconchoecia deeveyae Kornicker, 1970
- Order:
- MYODOCOPA
- Suborder:
- Halocypridina
- Family:
- Halocyprididae
- Subfamily:
- Euconchoecinae
- Size range (females):
- 1.6 mm
- Size range (males):
- 1.8 mm
- Depth:
- abyssopelagic
Notes
3 records
This is one of five 7-spined Bathyconchoecia species with a spine on both rostra, a lateral and a dorsal spine on each carapace valve and a single spine at the posterior dorsal corner of the right carapace valve. It was originally described from a single A-1 (or A-2) stage female which was collected in a benthic trawl at a depth of 520m off Peru. George (1971) reported and described an adult male caught in a vertical (0-200m) plankton haul off the southwest coast of India. However, this has recently re-classified as a new species B. georgei (Kornicker and Rudjakov, 2004). Kornicker (1981) reported another ‘female’ which was caught in an epibenthic sled again at a depth of 508-523m off the coast of Surinam. However, but there was uncertainty as to whether this was an A-1 juvenile or an adult, since the specimen has only seven pairs of claw setae on the caudal furca. It also lacks the frills between the punctae on the carapace surface, which are a feature of the very similar species septemspinosa.
| All | n | Mean mm | s.d. | Range mm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female inclusive | 1.28 | |||
| Female exclusive | 1.80 | |||
| Male inclusive | ||||
| Male exclusive | ||||
| A-1 | ||||
| A-2 | ||||
| A-3 |
